Testimonials and Spotlights
Learn how these colleges benefited from the PRT process and enhanced their colleges to serve their students and campus community.
Spotlights is a series of vignettes relating to the experiences and benefits gained from participation in the Partnership Resource Team (PRT) process of peer technical assistance as part of the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI).
For additional information on the positive effect the PRT process has had serving California Community Colleges, please see the PRT Process Impact Report through Spring 2025.
Citrus College
Volume 9 | Series 1 | August 2025
Expanding Access: How Citrus College is Opening New Pathways for the Community
For Citrus College, education means more than serving enrolled students – it’s about creating new opportunities for everyone in the community to learn, grow, and thrive.
Victor Valley College
Volume 4 | Series I | November 2024
“Engaging” with Peers and “Poaching” Ideas from Others. The PRT Process: A Two-way Street
Victor Valley College (VVC) is no stranger to the PRT process, having requested three PRTs over the past seven years.
Clovis Community College
Spotlights Volume 7 Series 1: Clovis Community College
New Beginnings and Ongoing Work. Multiple PRT Cycles Build and Expand Research Capacity
In fall 2016, everything was new at Clovis Community College (CCC): new college, new name, new president, and new directions to pursue.
Southwestern College
Spotlights Volume 6 Series 1: Southwestern College
Partners & Experts: PRT Role in Helping Address Accreditation Recommendations
The college needed assistance in implementing a common process to ensure goals are met in terms of the enrollment targets and the needs of students.
Ventura College
Spotlights Volume 4 Series 1: Ventura College
Forward-Looking Accreditation: PRTs and Proactive Quality Assurance
Ventura established clear outcomes for the PRT process before the technical assistance team ever set foot on the college campus.
College of the Canyons
Spotlights Volume 3 Series 1: College of the Canyons
Connecting Evidence, Building Human Networks: Effective Use of the IEPI Framework of Indicators for Goal Setting
Real-world settings bring together diverse constituent groups to dialogue on a wide range of issues, to set institutional priorities, and to build consensus on how best to take action to reach the larger, institutional goals.
Shasta College
Spotlights Volume II Series 1: Shasta College
Beyond Mere Compliance: Adding Value, Meeting the Mission
While accreditation concerns may have been the catalyst that prompted Shasta College’s decision to participate in the PRT process in the first place, the college identified a number of broad areas of focus beyond mere accreditation compliance when it submitted its letter of interest.