Online Meeting Information

This meeting will be held online via Zoom.

Agenda

Roll Call

News & Updates

Upcoming Events

• CCCApply Pre-Release Webinar - Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00pm
• CCC Technology Center Webinar Series - Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 12:00pm
• CISOA Conference - Monday, March 1, 2020 - Monterey 
• CACCRAO - Holiday Inn - Sacramento, CA

Spam Filter Update

• Update on Spam Issue 
• Current Performance
• Communication coming from CCCTC and Chancellor's Office
  • White Paper & CO Memo
• Monthly College Spam Filter Discussion
• Support for Colleges Finding False Negatives 

Current Performance

Despite the recent uptick in fraud, the most recent numbers from the machine learning data science team is that the CCCApply spam filter service is accurately identifying and filtering 96% of all fraud across all colleges.

From colleges that are diligently managing (tagging) the applications suspended by the model, we find the filter is performing at 99% accuracy. 

Underlying Causes

(Taken from the CCCApply White Paper (see below))

In order to combat fraudulent applications, it is important to understand the motivation of the bad actors who submit them. Investigation has shown that most of these applicants are seeking to obtain an academic email address, otherwise known as a “.edu” email account, which may be used for financial gain or myriad other benefits, including:

• Sell to other bad actors
• Obtain free software licenses
• Get confirmations of residency
• Use residency to get California IDs
• Potential for serious security attacks

It is widely discussed on hacking forums that most California community colleges generate a .edu email address for a student minutes to hours within receipt of a completed application. Fraudulent applicants receive a fully functioning .edu email account without ever having to register for classes or even attend orientation.

CCCApply Fraudulent Applications White Paper | January 2020

In an effort to reduce the number of incoming fraudulent applications through CCCApply, the CCC Information Security Center has published a two-part white paper exploring the leading causes behind the ongoing fraud craze, and a step-by-step tutorial describing three methods of restricting use of .edu accounts is available to California community colleges.  

What else are we doing?

Monthly Discussions - Third Monday of each month.  Next meeting = March 16 at 3pm

• Spam Filter Sub-committee meeting in December 2019 
  

  Meeting Notes: CCCApply Sub-Committee: Spam Filter Web Service

  Zoom Recording: 12.09.19-CCCApply-Spam Filter Service Meeting

Support:  Send Us Your False Positives

If your college identifies a quantity (20 or more) of fraud applications that were NOT caught and suspended by the spam filter, please send them to us using the instructions below.

CCC MyPath

Update - Currently 46 colleges are actively implementing MyPath  (Seeing great numbers of students interacting with MyPath after submitting CCCApply application - upwards of 85% are engaged. 

Working on tracking statistics and getting reports to deploy in the Report Center

Distributing usage and access instructions for MyPath users

Working on first version of MyPath SIS integration using SuperGlue.  Highly requested feature enhancement.

Orientation Platform:  MyPath to work directly with your SIS data using rules engine - using what you know about the student and the rules (Mike can fix this)

• Fixing and updating registration information
• Focusing on four SIS fields
  • Orientation
  • Ed Plan
  • Admission Status 
  • Enrollment Status
• Also working on the reverse of this integration with these fields > from your SIS to MyPath 

MyPath CISOA - Tuesday, March 3

Interesting in a demo of MyPath?  Contact Mike Caruso, Product Manager, mcaruso@ccctechcenter.org

Roadmap & Development

Goals & Milestones: Addressing Key Concerns

Release: CCCApply 6.7.0 - Spring 2020

2020 Development Roadmap (Tentative Projects for FY19/20)

Schedule

• PILOT Release:  February 28, 2020
• PRODUCTION Release:  March 27, 2020 - 5:00pm 
• Pre-Release Webinar - Wednesday, March 11 at 12:00pm 

Release Highlights

Internationalize CCCApply Applications (Spanish)

• Spanish-language translation throughout Standard & Noncredit Applications
• Spanish-language translation throughout International Application
• Spanish-language translation throughout the Promise Grant Application

Enhance OpenCCC (Legacy 1.0)

• Mobile-friendly User-Interface
• Spanish-language translation throughout the OpenCCC Account creation & recovery 

Revised the Social Security Number Question - New Language & Layout

• Shortened and streamlined all onscreen language, including legalese
• Simplified the layout with unambiguous Yes/No format
• Removed SSN Type and SSN Exceptions from layout
• No backend data field changes - No IT hassles for colleges

Changes in the HS Transcript Information Section

• Implement new question and data field: Highest Grade Completed
• Remove Completed Eleventh Grade question from UI and deprecate data field
• Expand display conditions for "all US high school graduates or equivalent" 

CCCApply Redesign Enhancements

• Removed residency flag for California homeless applicants that don't provide address(es)
• Language Updates to Support Undocumented Students - Part 1
• Replaced AB540 Eligibility Affidavit on Special Links Page
• New California Dream Act Application Link on Special Links Page
• Bug Fixes

FY19/20 Quarterly Release Schedule

CCCApply Sub-Committee Meetings - December 2019

• Fall 2019 Schedule of Sub-Committee Meetings
• ARCHIVE: Fall 2019 Meeting Recordings
• Recurring Spam Filter Web Service User Group Meetings

Summaries & Conclusions

Topics:

Suggested Language Changes to Support Undocumented Students

Social Security Number Question Revision

Spam Filter Discussion (recurring)

In-Progress Application Data Sharing Project

Update Requirements for AB540 Logic in CCCApply

Noncredit Application User Group (Monthly)

CCCApply Administrator Bugs & Enhancements

Spring 2020 Topics:

• International Application User Group
• CCCApply Report Center 
• CCCApply Majors / Meta Majors

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Language Changes 

Parent/Guardian Information Question Changes

Citizenship & Immigration Section Changes

Access to In-Progress Application Data

AB540 Eligibility

Discussion Notes:

Deferred/Pending Change Requests

• Administrator Enhancements
  • Majors
  • Rules
  • Archive
• Remove language barriers for Undocumented Students Part 2 (Immigrants Rising Org)
• Explore enhancements to Citizenship & Immigration Page
  • DACA students
  • No Documents 

• Legal Language Onscreen Revisions

  • Consent / Submit page language
  • Terms of Use / Privacy Policy

2020 Steering/User Group Meeting Schedule