SSETF

Student Success, Excellence and Technology Fee (SSETF) is a mandatory student fee that subsumed and replaced all existing Category III miscellaneous course fees, except those associated with field trips, and the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) fee as of Fall 2012. 

For 2020-21, the division’s total SSETF base budget is $5.5 million. An one-time allocation of $0.79 million is provided to support 8 academic advisors and late night tutoring.

Six Priorities Supported by the SSETF

• Student Success Services & Graduation Pathways

  • Expand support for comprehensive student success services and improved pathways to graduation. For example:

    -Maintain access to high demand classes and labs
    -Increase comprehensive and coordinated writing, math and tutorial services
    -Enable workforce, career and professional development and alumni mentoring
    -Implement a new integrative First Year Program
    -Implement more high impact practices such as utilize early-warning technology-enhanced advising and tutoring
    -Support undergraduate and graduate research
    -Increase service learning and community engagement opportunities;
    -Expand summer bridge
    -Enhance services for students with disabilities

• Academic Technology

  • Enhance support for effective student-related academic technology initiatives that complement, but do not duplicate, technology initiatives identified in CSU’s annual support budget. For example:

    -Improve academic technology infrastructure (e.g., LMS support, lecture capture, enhanced classroom technology)
    -Improve student access to state-of-the art software (e.g., adoption of digital media software such as Adobe Suite)
    -Improve student access to academic technology hardware and devices, including exploration of e-readers, iPads, and increased utilization of effective electronic multiplatform-based educational learning materials (e.g., Pearson MyWritingLab, ETS’ Criterion writing support programs, etc.).

• 21st Century Teaching Spaces

  • Create 21st century classrooms, labs and learning spaces, including virtual spaces (e.g., lecture capture, e-portfolios, social media)

• Retention & Graduation

  • Expand support for all students and work to close the retention and graduation gap for Underrepresented Minority students (URM).

• Course Support

  • Enhance support for instructional materials and methods used in the delivery of instruction.

• Instructionally Related Activities

  • Support for activities that fall under the definition of and statutes related to Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) in Title 5 and the California Education code, including Athletics.

SSETF IRA & SSETF Student Success

Information regarding the allocation and award process for SSETF IRA and SSETF Student Success could be found on the Finance website. 

SSETF Course Support 

• 2020-21 Annual SSETF Course Support Allocation Plan [pdf]