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Listserv & Hosting Services
Across the California Community Colleges, there are a number of projects, stakeholder groups, and organizations that need communication and hosting services. To leverage economies of scale, the CCC Technology Center provides no-cost Listserv and hosting services.
Listserv and website hosting were moved to Amazon Web Services to standardize architecture and improve security for the technology services we offer.
Regional & Systemwide Listserv
The Technology Center provides Listserv® hosting for California Community Colleges regional and systemwide organizations. The Technology Center maintains and supports more than 500 e-mail distribution lists with approximately 68,000 individual subscribers and an average of 800,000 broadcasts per month. The Technology Center also provides support and training for all list owners.
New lists must be approved by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. To request e-mail distribution list hosting, send an e-mail, including a description of your organization and expected number of subscribers, to Gary Bird at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Upon approval please contact Rebecca Miller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for detailed instructions on list creation. Someone in your organization will need to serve as the list's owner and manage the basic functions of the list.
NEW! A comprehensive library of FAQs and step-by-step instructions for the most common tasks and issues that list subscribers and owners encounter can be found at the following links:
Listserv FAQs and Tutorials for List Owners
Listserv FAQs and Tutorials for List Subscribers
Follow this link for subscriber and list owner access to the e-mail distribution list web interface.
Follow this link to access the L-Soft Listserv® Handbook. The handbook has extensive documentation for list users and managers.
Website Hosting
The Technology Center develops, hosts, and manages several systemwide websites including:
- CCC Accessibility Center
- CCCApply
- eTranscript California Project Website
The CCCNext.net domain includes the Technology Center site and the project management sites for systemwide projects.
All technical support for hosted sites related to the server is provided by the Technology Center. Website content and management is the responsibility of the hosted group.
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Collaboration
Collaboration between the California Community Colleges, California State University, University of California, K-12, and others has led to a number of successful initiatives that benefit our students.
These include a common fiber-optic education and research network in California (CENIC CalREN) and eTranscript California, through which more than 100 higher education institutions participate to exchange transcripts electronically.
The CCC Technology Center has played a central role in coordinating these efforts.
A year-long effort between the California Department of Education and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, with the participation of the CCC Technology Center, led to building an exchange of student identifiers (SSID and CCCID) when students use CCCApply to apply for admission to community college. This effort will assist future research and record matching as student move from high school to community college. Eventually, all matching student records in OpenCCC will contain the SSID K-12 identifier.
In collaboration with the CSU system, CCCApply will pass the CCCID and other relevant student data to the newly rebuilt CSU admission application known as CSU Mentor to facilitate transfer and research. In addition, we are promoting the creation of a common student account to be shared between the CCC and CSU, based on OpenCCC model.
By opening the door to data transfer between the California Department of Education and CCC through exchange of identifiers, we may be able to also exchange high school data that would better facilitate placement of students through the Multiple Measures Placement Service in support of AB 705.
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OpenCCC
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CCCApply: Common Application For Admission
CCCApply is the online gateway to the California Community Colleges. Each year at our 116 colleges, 1.8 million students from all over the world build their career skills, prepare for transfer to four-year colleges and universities, or simply enrich their lives through learning.
To date, more than 20 million online applications have been processed through CCCApply.
Recently redesigned with a student-centered approach, CCCApply streamlines the application process for students and staff. The redesign includes a full Spanish translation and is mobile-friendly across all CCCApply applications. The CCCApply suite offers four applications to meet students’ diverse needs:
- Standard application for U.S. residents
- California College Promise Grant application (formerly known as the Board of Governors Fee Waiver application)
- A streamlined Noncredit application
- International application
CCCApply Milestones
- 2012: The CCCApply standard (U.S. domestic) application was launched as part of a new suite of student-centric, online applications built on the CCC Systemwide Technology Platform. CCCApply standard application is now live at all 116 colleges.
- 2014: The California College Promise Grant was launched. It is currently being used at 45 colleges.
- 2016: The International Application was launched. It is currently live at 19 colleges.
- 2018: A Noncredit Application workflow was implemented for domestic (U.S.) students enrolling exclusively in noncredit courses.
- 2019-20: The CCCApply application suite underwent a major redesign and is now fully accessible to screen readers and other assistive technologies, mobile device-friendly, and supports full Spanish-language translation.
The CCCApply Advisory Committee oversees the application suite and determines new features that ensure compliance with state and federal legislation. The Technology Center facilitates meetings, documents change requests, change orders, and data dictionaries, and implements features based on the decisions and advice of the committee.
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CCCApply Public Documentation
CCCApply.org (Student-facing website)
CCCApply Suite Flyer
CCCApply Noncredit / International / College Promise Flyer
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Information Security
The California Community Colleges (CCC) Information Security Center was decommissioned in 2023.
For information related to the following resources and standards, visit the Information Security Resources page.
Information Security Resources
- Cyber Incident Response
- Fraud Reporting
- Gramm Leach Bliley (GLBA) Compliance Guide
Information Security Standards
- CCC Information Security Standard
- CCC Data Classification Standard
Information Security Policy Templates
To download policy templates, visit the Information Security Policy Templates page.
Information Security Software
For information about any of the following services available to colleges and districts from the CCC Technology Center Information Security Services, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:
- Security Logging: Splunk
- Vulnerability Management: Tenable.sc
- SSL Certificates: InCommon
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OpenCCC & Systemwide ID
OpenCCC is an initiative to establish one systemwide ID for every California Community Colleges student. OpenCCC provides a way to tie together student data to better outcomes and institutional improvement as students swirl among our colleges while taking advantage of a variety of new online services. In addition, having one systemwide student account, known as CCCID, will help provide a single sign-on for students.
With the roll out of OpenCCC and the CCCID with the new CCCApply application for admission, over 10 million students now have an OpenCCC account and a CCCID. Current studies show just over a two-tenths of one percent (0.002) duplication factor on these records, making them very reliable as a way to identify student data.
Student-centered Design
Full Spanish translation and a mobile-friendly interface mirror the look and feel of the CCCApply suite of applications to provide students a seamless application experience.
Security Controls
To ensure the security of millions of student records containing personally identifiable information, our cloud hosting provider and our security practices and controls meet the highest industry standards (currently SOC 2.0 and ISO 27001).
Utilizing Outcomes Data
As the CCCID matures and all CCC students get OpenCCC accounts, we will work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to incorporate the CCCID into the MIS data so that outcomes data in MIS can be tied to pre-enrollment data in CCCApply, assessment data in CCCAssess, education plans, and more.
Future Developments
By employing machine learning technologies, we will better identify and prevent duplicate accounts during the account creation process, thus driving duplicates below one-tenth of one-percent (0.001).
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Technology Center at CISOA 2025
Tech Center at CISOA Technology Summit
The Chief Information Systems Officers Association of the California Community Colleges (CISOA) supports the CCC technology community through advocacy, collaboration and professional development. The annual Technology Summit provides the best opportunity for the Technology Center to meet face-to-face with colleagues from community colleges and districts and to showcase systemwide technology developments.
Technology Center Overview
Technology Center Overview
For more than 25 years, the CCC Technology Center has been dedicated to transformative innovation in support of the students and staff of the California Community Colleges in collaboration with the CCC Chancellor’s Office.
Adopt Technology Center Products
Adopt Technology Center Products
Supported by the Chancellor's Office, the Technology Center provides California community colleges with a suite of no-cost software solutions and deployment services geared toward improving student outcomes, increasing college efficiency, and strengthening the CCC as a whole.
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Technology Support for CCC Staff & Faculty
California Community Colleges staff and faculty using systemwide technology applications can find technical support resources and materials through CCCTechnology.info. The site is monitored by Tech Center support technicians and subject matter experts, providing 24/7, on-demand help and self-service support.
Tech Center Highlights
We bring systemwide enabling technologies to our colleges.
Adopt Our Tech
From connectivity to student services and educational technology.
Connecting Colleges
Gigabit fiber optic network for all of our colleges.
Information Security
Logging, monitoring, and no-cost tools to protect students and educators.
Accessibility
Training and resources to make tech accessible to users with disabilities.
Events
Upcoming CCC Technology Center workshops and webinars.
About the Technology Center
The California Community Colleges Technology Center, hosted by Butte College, facilitates and coordinates the work of systemwide technology. Our 25-year history of collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office and community colleges throughout the state has resulted in great strides forward for the system in areas including federated identity, application architecture, networking, and student services.
We operate under the Gartner model of “Run, Grow, Transform” to simplify our portfolio of services and prioritize resources in support of ongoing operations, the next phase of growth, and longer term transformative innovation.
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Districts Eager for CENIC Circuits and Services
Interest in system-funded network circuit upgrades is high among California community college districts, after presentations at the CENIC and CISOA Technology Conferences detailed the free and auxiliary services available through the CCC membership with CENIC. Learn More
Requesting Updates to CCCApply Has Never Been Easier
Now college staff can request updates to non-legislated aspects of the application by completing a simple online form. This form outputs all CCCApply enhancement requests into a single document for annual review by the Chancellor’s Office Digital Innovation and Infrastructure team. Learn More
Vision 2030 and Proactive Institution-wide Accessibility
Recently the US Department of Justice updated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II, specifying minimum standards to proactive accessibility. This coupled with the California Community Colleges Vision 2030 puts new light on educational equity.
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