2026 Black Student Success Week: Black Hour, ROI as Economic Liberation: Higher Education's Moral Obligation

Join California Community Colleges for this statewide initiative focused on advancing Black student achievement, community, and opportunity across our colleges. This year's theme is Revolution: (Re)Defining Black Student Success.

This Webinar asserts return on investment (ROI) and economic mobility as critical measures of Black student success. Speakers will examine how institutions must shift their framing away from access-focused metrics toward outcomes that produce true economic mobility. Through a discussion of completion, workforce alignment, wages, and long-term mobility, this conversation challenges higher education to redefine ROI as a structural commitment that ensures Black students experience tangible economic returns upon completion.