About CAPP

The California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) was established by the California State Legislature This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. in 1984 with a specific goal: to improve the academic quality of public secondary schools, thereby ensuring every student in California is prepared for college.

Administered by the CSU in cooperation with the University of California, the California Community Colleges, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), and Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU), this collaborative program focuses on schools with low numbers of students entering college and supports partnerships that improve the academic preparation and college readiness of California students.

Projects are distributed throughout the state to guarantee access and support schools in rural, urban and suburban areas. Projects include:

• improving instruction of explanatory reading and writing through collaborative work with teachers, giving teachers a head start on Common Core State Standards implementation
• helping high school principals examine and implement best practices that address educational equity and result in optimal learning
• building teacher and administrator understanding of assessment processes to improve student preparation for and performance in Algebra 1, aligning this work to Common Core State Standards

CAPP also supports the statewide intersegmental Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.) and the Alliance of Regional Collaboration to Heighten Educational Success (ARCHES This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.), which was initiated by CAPP to improve public education and close the achievement gap through regional pre-K-through-college collaboration.

CAPP does not allow indirect costs charged to any CAPP grant program funded by the CSU. CAPP considers indirect costs to be in-kind or matching fund contributions.​

Pursuant to statute, the Chancellor of the California State University has established an advisory committee to assist in selecting proposals to be funded and developing criteria for project evaluation. Appointments to the Advisory Committee are made by the following:

• Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (two appointments)
• Chancellor of the California State University (two appointments)
• State Superintendent of Public Instruction (four appointments)
• Student Aid Commission (one appointment)
• President of the University of California (two appointments)​

California Academic Partnership Program
California State University, Office of the Chancellor
401 Golden Shore, 2nd Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562-951-4780
E-mail: CAPP Staff

California Community Colleges

California State University

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Student Aid Commission

University of California

Liaisons

CAPP Staff

Expository Literacy Grant

​This grant involved 13 lower-performing high schools and aimed to prepare more diverse high school graduates for college-level coursework.

High School Leadership Initiative Grant

​This project developed more courageous high school principals focused on educational equity.