Transparency, Storytelling, and Value Literacy Project

ACCJC received an additional $400,000 grant from the College Futures Foundation to expand our Transparency, Storytelling, and Value Literacy project for the 2025-2026 academic year and to support member institutions in using program-level ROI data to improve transparency, storytelling, and student outcomes. This timely investment supports ACCJC’s continued efforts to highlight how two-year institutions provide value to students in response to a changing federal landscape that includes new earnings thresholds tied to Federal Student Aid eligibility.

ACCJC will host four convenings in 2026, bringing together diverse campus teams for a workshop led by representatives from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, winner of the 2025 Aspen Prize, showcasing how ROI data can be embedded into planning and culture to ensure students graduate into living-wage careers.

We invite college administrators, faculty, staff, students, and trustees to participate in the conversations and encourage institutions to send a cross-section of institutional representatives for diverse perspective and maximum impact. Space can accommodate up to seven attendees from each member institution at a designated regional convening, and the cost of attendance for participants will be subsidized (details below).

Thanks to the generous support of College Futures Foundation (California Public Community Colleges) and an internal grant from ACCJC (all other ACCJC member institutions), the Commission is able to reimburse a limited number of participants. The grants provide for:

For up to seven people per member institution in Arizona, California, and Hawaiʻi: up to $250 per individual for under 100 miles of travel and under 1.5 hr commute time, and up to $600 for over 100 miles of travel and/or those who require a hotel room the night before due to extended commute time. Only actual costs will be reimbursed.
For up to seven people per member institution in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New York, and Palau: up to $1000 per individual. Only actual costs will be reimbursed.

It is our hope to have five to seven attendees from each institution, representing administrators, faculty, staff, students, and trustees interested in engaging in this work. Invitations with registration information will be sent to member institution ALOs, CEOs, Chancellors, and Board of Trustee Presidents ahead of each convening, so institutions can coordinate who they would like to have attend. For now, please save the dates!

Regional Convenings

ACCJC would like to thank the member institutions hosting each regional convening for their support and participation. Click below to view your institution’s designated convening.

Please note that convening locations were selected based on several factors, including host space availability, travel distance, and commute times. In some cases, institutions have been assigned to locations where a regional flight is more cost- and time-effective than driving, even if the driving distance to another location may be shorter.

Kapiʻolani Community College: 1/12/2026

Tentative Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. HST

– American Samoa Community College
– College of Micronesia-FSM
– College of the Marshall Islands
– Guam Community College
– Hawaiʻi Community College
– Hawaiʻi Tokai International College
– Honolulu Community College
– Kapiʻolani Community College
– Kauaʻi Community College
– Leeward Community College
– Palau Community College
– Windward Community College

Long Beach City College: 04/13/2026

Tentative Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PDT

– Allan Hancock College
– Antelope Valley College
– Bakersfield College
– California Preparatory College
– Cerritos College
– Cerro Coso Community College
– Chaffey College
– Coastline Community College
– Compton College
– Cuyamaca College
– Cypress College
– East Los Angeles College
– El Camino College
– Fullerton College
– Golden West College
– Grossmont College
– Irvine Valley College
– Long Beach City College
– Los Angeles City College
– Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health
– Los Angeles Harbor College
– Los Angeles Southwest College
– Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
– Los Angeles Valley College
– MiraCosta College
– Moorpark College
– Moreno Valley College
– Mt. San Antonio College
– Mt. San Jacinto College
– Norco College
– Orange Coast College
– Oxnard College
– Palomar College
– Porterville College
– Rio Hondo College
– Riverside City College
– Saddleback College
– San Diego City College
– San Diego Mesa College
– San Diego Miramar College
– Santa Ana College
– Santa Monica College
– Santiago Canyon College
– Southwestern College
– Taft College
– The Salvation Army College for Officer Training at Crestmont
– The Salvation Army College of Officer Training Eastern Territory
– Ventura College
– West Los Angeles College

Skyline College: 4/15/2026

Tentative Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PDT

– Berkeley City College
– Cabrillo College
– Cañada College
– Chabot College
– City College of San Francisco
– Clovis Community College
– Coalinga College
– College of Alameda
– College of Marin
– College of San Mateo
– Contra Costa College
– Cuesta College
– De Anza College
– Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
– Diablo Valley College
– Evergreen Valley College
– Foothill College
– Fresno City College
– Gavilan College
– Hartnell College
– Laney College
– Las Positas College
– Lemoore College
– Los Medanos College
– Madera Community College
– Merritt College
– Mission College
– Monterey Peninsula College
– Mount Tamalpais College
– Ohlone College
– Reedley College
– San Jose City College
– Skyline College
– West Valley College

Sacramento City College: 4/16/2026

Tentative Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PDT

– American River College
– Barstow Community College
– Butte College
– California Indian Nations College
– Campus
– Carrington College
– Citrus College
– College of the Canyons
– College of the Desert
– College of the Redwoods
– College of the Sequoias
– College of the Siskiyous
– Columbia College
– Copper Mountain College
– Cosumnes River College
– Crafton Hills College
– Deep Springs College
– Feather River College
– Folsom Lake College
– Gila Community College
– Glendale Community College
– Imperial Valley College
– Lake Tahoe Community College
– Lassen Community College
– Los Angeles Mission College
– Los Angeles Pierce College
– Mendocino College
– Merced College
– Modesto Junior College
– Napa Valley College
– Palo Verde College
– Pasadena City College
– Sacramento City College
– San Bernardino Valley College
– San Joaquin Delta College
– Santa Barbara City College
– Santa Rosa Junior College
– Shasta College
– Sierra College
– Solano Community College
– Victor Valley College
– Woodland Community College
– Yuba College

Workshop Details

The ROI Story: Advancing Economic Outcomes and Student Mobility – What if no college ever graduated a student into poverty?

Led by representatives from the 2025 Aspen Prize Winner, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (SWTC)

The ROI Story: Advancing Economic Outcomes and Student Mobility – What if no college ever graduated a student into poverty?, will take participants on a dynamic journey from data to action, highlighting how ROI and student achievement metrics can be integrated into institutional culture and planning.

This is more than just a workshop, it’s a blueprint for change. Through case studies, interactive ROI mapping, and guided planning, SWTC’s team will share how they revamped programs, strengthened workforce connections, and embedded accountability systems to ensure graduates step into living-wage opportunities. Participants will leave not only inspired but also equipped with tools, templates, and commitments to make ROI transparency and student mobility central to their own institutions’ success.