The California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) was established by the California Legislature in 1984 for the purpose of developing “cooperative efforts to improve the academic quality of public secondary schools with the objective of improving the preparation of all students for college”.
To achieve this end, CAPP supports the establishment of academic partnerships between secondary schools and community colleges, public or private baccalaureate degree-granting institutions, and business enterprises aimed at: (1) transforming the relationships between educational institutions in ways that directly benefit students; (2) improving curriculum in subject areas required for admission to college; (3) strengthening teachers’ capacities to enable all students to learn the curriculum; (4) enhancing the ability of students to benefit from these changes; and (5) improving postsecondary and business partners’ understanding of these students’ unique needs.
