Cuyamaca College has seen tremendous success with their co-requisite math program. Students enroll in two unit co-requisite courses attached to statistics, pre-calculus, or business calculus. With this format, Cuyamaca saw an increase in math completion rates for all students from 15 percent in its traditional two-year math requirement to 69 percent for co-requisite math courses. When outcomes are disaggregated by race and ethnicity, one-year completion of transfer-level math for disproportionally impacted students increased. For Black or African American students, their one-year completion was seven times the state average—55 percent, compared with 8 percent. For Latinx students, their one-year completion also increased six times the state average—65 percent, compared with 11 percent. Cuyamaca College was the first college to fully transform remedial math course completion in California and has been highlighted by the California Accelerated Project for the co-requisite model’s efforts to close equity gaps.
