Academic Pipeline and Student Success

Opening UC’s academic pipeline

The University of California focuses on expanding the pipeline from K–12 schools to the university and, further, from the first year of college on through graduation and beyond, to graduate or professional degrees and to careers. A benefit of eliminating gaps for students from underresourced communities is that a greater proportion will go on to graduate school; one of the goals of growing graduate enrollment is to increase spaces for these students. An increase in the diversity of UC's doctoral students will also increase the availability of potential faculty hires, thereby supporting efforts to create a larger, more diverse pool of talented professors.