Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

What Academic Senate for California Community Colleges does

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization incorporated in California on November 24, 1970, and headquartered in Sacramento. It functions as the officially recognized voice of faculty in California's 113 community colleges on academic and professional matters, pursuant to Title 5 Section 53206 of the California Code of Regulations. ASCCC represents local academic senates at the statewide level before the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office, and it coordinates intersegmental collaboration with California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) faculty leadership through the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS).

The organization delivers a portfolio of programs and services rather than technology products. Core offerings include the monthly Rostrum magazine and Academic Senate position papers; programmatic initiatives such as the Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID), the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI), the Transfer Alignment Project, and the new Common Course Numbering (CCN) initiative; college support services including Accreditation Resource Teams, Technical Assistance Visits, and the Faculty Empowerment and Leadership Academy; recognition programs including the Hayward Award; and an annual calendar of Spring/Fall Plenary sessions, area meetings, curriculum and faculty leadership institutes, and webinars. Governance is delivered by a 14-member Board of Directors elected from four geographic areas (A, B, C, D) covering North and South regions, plus an ex-officio Executive Director. The Senate Office operates with approximately 41 staff.

ASCCC's revenue model is primarily subscription/membership-based: local academic senates pay annual dues scaled to Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES) reported to the Chancellor's Office, supplemented by event registration fees (e.g., $25 per workshop for OERI regional meetings), grants supporting OERI/CCN, and historically modest state appropriations. ASCCC markets to members and prospective members through its website, Rostrum publication, President's Updates newsletter, listservs, and statewide events. Its subsidiary Foundation (ASFCCC) supports professional development funding, and it maintains partnerships with the Chancellor's Office, Board of Governors, CSU/UC faculty bodies, CCLC, FACCC, and the Student Senate. No revenue figure, parent company, or external funding rounds are disclosed.

Name

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

Legal name

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Inc.

Website

https://asccc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ASCCC is the 501(c)(6) nonprofit officially recognized under Title 5 §53206 as the statewide voice of faculty from California's 113 community colleges on academic and professional matters, delivering publications, transfer/curriculum programs (C-ID, OERI, CCN), college support services, and biannual plenary sessions to local academic senates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Faculty Governance

NAICS

Junior Colleges (61121), Junior Colleges (611210)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Comprehensive Community Colleges (Transfer + Workforce) (EDAHADAE)

Keywords

• Higher education governance
• Faculty advocacy services
• Academic senate services
• Curriculum development support
• Professional development training

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Member academic senates pay annual dues to ASCCC based on their reported FTES (Full-Time Equivalent Students) to the Chancellor's Office each year. Dues fund services including representation on task forces, advisory groups, committees, initiatives, publications (Rostrum), adopted position papers, event publications, websites, and costs associated with providing service to local senates.
2. Event Registration Fees: Some professional development events charge registration fees, such as the $25 registration fee for the Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems Regional Meeting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership organization that serves as the officially recognized voice of California community college faculty in academic and professional matters. It delivers publications (Rostrum Magazine, Academic Senate Papers, President's Updates), statewide programs (C-ID Course Identification Numbering System, OERI Open Educational Resources Initiative, Transfer Alignment Project, Common Course Numbering), professional development and leadership training (Faculty Empowerment and Leadership Academy, institutes, plenary sessions), and direct technical assistance services to local senates and colleges.

Product overview

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization that serves as the official voice of California community college faculty in academic and professional matters. Rather than offering a unified software product, ASCCC provides a portfolio of services, publications, and programs including the monthly Rostrum Magazine and Academic Senate Papers for professional development; the C-ID Course Identification Numbering System and Transfer Alignment Project for transfer pathway improvement; the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) for OER expansion; and Common Course Numbering implementation support. ASCCC also delivers college support services through Accreditation Resource Teams, Technical Assistance Visits, and the Faculty Empowerment and Leadership Academy, along with an annual calendar of plenary sessions, institutes, and webinars. An online Legislative Tracker enables faculty to monitor bills affecting the community college system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OERI: Open Educational Resources Initiative - ASCCC initiative to expand availability and adoption of high-quality OER for California Community Colleges
• C-ID
• Rostrum
• Transfer Alignment Project

Products and services

• Rostrum Magazine

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Foundation of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASFCCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Foundation exists at the will of the ASCCC Board of Directors. ASCCC serves as the sponsoring association. The Foundation's mission is to support professional development for faculty and promote activities to advance teaching and learning. ASCCC Board reviews and discusses Foundation actions and receives annual fiscal reports.
• Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAS promotes student accessibility to and success in higher education across CCC, CSU, and UC. It meets jointly to address matters of academic importance to all three segments. Established March 1980 under leadership of Norbert Bischof.
• Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC-ID is a faculty-driven system that assigns identifying designations (C-ID numbers) to significant transfer courses. It addresses the need for common course numbers by providing a mechanism to identify comparable courses across institutions.
• Open Educational Resource Initiative (OERI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOERI is an ASCCC initiative to expand availability and adoption of high-quality open educational resources for California Community Colleges. Coordinates OER text development, supports local OER implementation through liaison program, professional development, and technical support.
• Transfer Alignment ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntersegmental collaborative effort to align Transfer Model Curricula (TMCs) and University of California Transfer Pathways (UCTPs) where feasible, with goal of establishing single transfer pathway to both CSU and UC in each common major.
• California State University (CSU) Faculty LeadershipmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC participates in joint ventures with CSU faculty leadership including legislative days and advocacy efforts on behalf of community college education.
• University of California (UC) Faculty LeadershipmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC collaborates with UC faculty leadership through ICAS and joint advocacy efforts for transfer and articulation policy.
• California Community Colleges Chancellor's OfficemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC works closely with Chancellor's Office on policy implementation, legislation, and system-wide initiatives including accreditation, curriculum, and faculty development.
• Board of Governors of California Community CollegesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC serves as official voice of faculty before the Board of Governors on academic and professional matters per Title 5 regulations.
• Student Senate for California Community CollegesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC collaborates with student representation on legislative days and system-wide initiatives affecting community colleges.
• Community College League of California (CCLC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormerly CJCA, CCLC has a faculty component and works with ASCCC on advocacy and policy issues affecting community colleges.
• Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCCC historically received seed money from FACCC for initial founding efforts. FACCC and ASCCC work on shared faculty advocacy goals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Association of California School Administrators: ACSA represents California K-12 and community college administrators, including community college CEOs. It is the administrator-side counterpart to ASCCC's faculty representation in the California education ecosystem, addressing overlapping but distinct stakeholder concerns.

Emerging players

• League for Innovation in the Community College: The League for Innovation is a national consortium focused on community college innovation, faculty development, and leadership programs. It overlaps with ASCCC's professional development, faculty leadership academy, and institute offerings, serving a comparable audience across multiple states.

Direct peers

• Community College League of California: CCLC is a sister statewide organization representing California community college trustees, chief executive officers, and administrators—the institutional counterpart to ASCCC's faculty representation. Both organizations collaborate on legislative advocacy, system-wide initiatives, and events like the Great Teachers Seminar, making CCLC the most direct peer in scope, geography, and stakeholder model.
• California State University Academic Senate: The CSU Academic Senate is the parallel faculty representation body for the California State University system. ASCCC and the CSU Senate are equal partners in ICAS (Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates) and collaborate on transfer, articulation, and intersegmental policy—the closest peer in structure and mission.
• Faculty Association of California Community Colleges: FACCC is the statewide faculty advocacy organization focused on collective bargaining, compensation, and working conditions for California community college faculty. It overlaps with ASCCC's mission on faculty advocacy but emphasizes economic/labor issues while ASCCC focuses on academic and professional matters under Title 5—a clear division of labor among faculty groups in the same system.
• University of California Academic Council: UC's Academic Council is the faculty governance body for the University of California system, the third leg of California's three-segment higher education structure. ASCCC works with UC Academic Council through ICAS and on transfer pathway alignment, making it a structural peer in faculty representation.
• Student Senate for California Community Colleges: The Student Senate for California Community Colleges is the official student representation body for the CCC system. ASCCC regularly collaborates with this organization on legislative days and system-wide initiatives, making it a parallel constituency peer operating in the same California community college system with a similar representational role.

Broad incumbents

• American Association of Community Colleges: AACC is the national advocacy organization for community colleges across the U.S. While ASCCC operates only in California, AACC addresses similar policy, leadership, and capacity-building functions at the national level and frequently partners with state-level bodies like ASCCC on federal advocacy and program development.
• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges: ACCJC is the regional accreditor for California community and junior colleges—the entity that ASCCC's Accreditation Resource Teams help member colleges prepare for. Both organizations operate exclusively in California's community college accreditation ecosystem with close functional overlap.
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges: WASC is the parent regional accrediting body for institutions in the Western U.S., including California community colleges (via ACCJC) and senior institutions. ASCCC regularly interfaces with WASC/ACCJC standards and processes when supporting member colleges through accreditation reviews.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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