52
California Community Colleges
37.6% → 46.9%
Strongly matter, White faculty → faculty of color
36%
Learn about race nowhere on campus
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Mattering & Affirmation
Racialized Experiences
Racial Learning
Institutional Commitment
Mattering & Affirmation
Students feel they matter more in classes taught by faculty of color, and the gap is widest for Black and Hispanic or Latinx students. Select a group above to highlight it.
Percentage of students who “strongly matter,” by who teaches the class
Share reporting they strongly matter, in classes taught by White faculty vs. faculty of color.
Racialized Experiences
Racism falls hardest on Black students and is less common in classes taught by faculty of color. Verbal attacks reach beyond the classroom.
Experienced racism at least occasionally, by who teaches
Classroom racism: White faculty vs. faculty of color.
Experienced or witnessed a race-based verbal attack on campus
Share reporting a verbal attack.
Racial Learning
Racial learning happens mostly in class and is rarely built into the institution. More than a third of students learn about race nowhere on campus.
Where students learn about race and racism
Share of all students citing each source.
Students who learn about race nowhere on campus, by group
Higher bars = larger share learning nothing.
Institutional Commitment
Students see visible commitment to hiring and programming, but confidence in how leaders respond to racism stays conditional.
See their college as committed to hiring staff of color, by group
Share rating the college mostly or strongly committed.
How students rate institutional responses to racism
Mean rating on a 7-point scale (4 = neutral). Higher = more effective / open / timely.
