CCC ISTI 26-300-02 CCCStart Supplemental Data Collection

Citation

Renee Craig-Marius, Jory Hadsell and Craig Hayward, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. “CCCStart: Guidance for Supplemental Data Collection and Local Student Onboarding.” Memorandum ISTI 26-300-02, September 22, 2026. https://www.cccco.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/isti-26-300-02-cccstart-guidance-for-supplemental-data-collection-and-local-student-onboarding-a11y.pdf. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-26 CCC ISTI 26-300-02 CCCStart Supplemental Data Collection.md (original: .pdf beside it), fetched 2026-10-26. Read 2026-10-26.

The community colleges move from CCCApply to CCCStart. The memo limits the admissions form. It asks only what is “necessary to admit or process the student, establish the student record, or meet a requirement”.
Its test is a question:

“Is this information necessary at the time of admission, or can it reasonably be collected after the student has been admitted?”
New questions go through a review by the Chancellor’s Office and a steering committee.
This is a data-minimization model for a CalCompute application form.

The memo is part of the Reimagine Apply initiative. See CCC ISTI memos index.

“Questions regarding citizenship status are no longer included or appropriate for the statewide admissions platform” (p. 2).
“Admission and onboarding are distinct.” Information to “understand, engage, or support a student” goes to local onboarding (p. 2).
“Historical collection of data elements, local interest in the information, or the possibility that information may be useful later does not, by itself, establish a need to collect it during admission” (p. 3).
Before a new question, a college checks three things (p. 3):
- another source has the data;
- a “clear and documented business, regulatory, or institutional need” exists;
- the data can wait until after admission.
“Repeated collection increases student burden and can create conflicting or duplicative records” (p. 3).
Process: the Chancellor’s Office checks for duplicates, then the “Reimagine Apply Steering Committee” reviews and recommends. Approved questions go on an “Approved Supplemental Question List” for reuse (p. 4).
The memo is from Craig Hayward, “Vice Chancellor, AI and Digital Transformation”, with Renee Craig-Marius and Jory Hadsell (p. 1).

A primary policy memo of the Chancellor’s Office to college officers.

About admissions, not compute.
The approved list and the review process are not yet out. They “will be distributed as those resources become available” (p. 5).

Source file: wiki/sources/CCC ISTI 26-300-02 CCCStart Supplemental Data Collection.md, updated 2026-10-26.