About
UC San Diego CREATE is a university-housed research center committed to supporting K-20 education among all San Diego students and teachers.
Together, we focus on maximizing college and career readiness through efforts to support all students, preparing them for success at universities like ours. We help strengthen college going for all across our region.
CREATE houses an innovative team of researchers, college advisors, and professional development experts.
We focus on supporting K-20 students and their teachers, schools, districts, and community organizations and help UC San Diego faculty and students design and execute funded programming to help create successful students.
We also research and evaluate K-20 education efforts.
History
CREATE was established in 1997 on the UC San Diego campus, in La Jolla, California. We became UC San Diego's entity supporting local K-20 college preparation and academic outreach efforts.
Our charge was to marshal campus resources towards support of K-20 students in the San Diego region and to support students by investing in their teachers, schools, and districts.
Through college- and career-focused student-facing programs we directly support the region’s teachers and schools and they pursue college and career options for their students.
Over the decades, we have catalyzed and supported thousands of campus-community partnerships increasing education and success regionally.
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