Enrollment Management

Dual Enrollment: Expanded Options for High School Students
Opportunities for high school students to earn college credit and receive career training are expanding thanks to a recent partnership between El Camino College and Long Beach City College, Cerritos College, and Los Angeles Harbor College. In this regional agreement, students taking the Project Lead The Way "Introduction to Engineering Design" course at a participating K-12 district can qualify to earn high school and college credit at any of the four colleges. South Bay-area participants include El Segundo Unified, Torrance Unified, and Centinela Valley Union High school districts. Project Lead The Way is a non-profit organization that offers engineering, computer science and biomedical sciences sequence of coursework for high school students.

Through the partnership, students can save money by earning college credits while accelerating their progress toward a degree or certificate. Class fees are waived, and students also have books and materials supplied at no cost. The partnership agreement was created via the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Linked Learning (AMETLL) consortium, established to address significant workforce shortages in these industry sectors in the Los Angeles region. The program offers training to students and creates a pipeline of workers to enter careers in manufacturing and engineering technology. More info: ECC Career Pathways Coordinator Coleen Maldonado, 310-660-3593 Ext. 7905 or [email protected].

ECC Programs Named Strong Workforce Stars
Nursing Multiple programs at El Camino College recently earned California Community Colleges' 2018 Strong Workforce Stars recognition for their success in improving student employment and wage outcomes. Gold Star status was awarded to the El Camino College Radiologic Technology and Registered Nursing programs, reaching threshold outcomes on all three metrics. Silver and bronze awards were also given to programs that helped students attain one or more of the following thresholds for economic mobility:

  • An increase in earnings by 50 percent or more
  • Attainment of the regional living wage by 70 percent or more
  • 90 percent or more students are employed in a job similar to their field of study

The Radiologic Technology program recorded a 192 percent increase in earnings, 73 percent of students attained the regional living wage and 100 percent of its students are employed in a job similar to their field of study. The Registered Nursing program is also a Gold Star program, recording a 92 percent increase in earnings, 80 percent of students attained the regional living wage, and all students are employed in a job similar to their field of study.

    Other ECC accolades include:
    Silver Stars (attained threshold outcomes on two metrics)
  • Welding: 96% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
  • Nursing: 95% increase in earnings and 80% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Paramedical Technician: 55% increase in earnings and 95% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Early Childhood Education: 79% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
  • Fire Academy: 98% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
  • Cosmetology: 50% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
    Bronze Stars (attained threshold outcomes on one metric)
  • Machining and Machine Tool Technology: 77% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Automotive Technology: 196% increase in earnings
  • Horticulture: 73% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Environmental Control Technology: 72% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Mill and Cabinet Work: 77% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Drafting Technology: 71% of students attained the regional living wage
  • Respiratory Care-Therapy: 72% increase in earnings
  • Administration of Justice: 79% increase in earnings
  • Fire Technology: 85% increase in earnings
  • Child Development-Early Care and Education: 84% increase in earnings

Strong Workforce Stars is an output of the Strong Workforce Program, an annual recurring investment of $200 million toward career education in California Community Colleges, the nation's largest workforce development system, with 114 colleges. The Strong Workforce Program is a step California took in 2016 to create 1 million more middle-skilled workers, thereby producing a job-ready workforce for employers and helping low-wage workers move into living-wage jobs.


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