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Peter Taylor Joins College Futures Board of Directors
July 1, 2020 College Futures Foundation welcomes to its board of directors Peter Taylor—president of ECMC Foundation, a member of the California State University system’s Board of Trustees, and former CFO for the University of California system. Taylor has deep experience in higher Read more >
College Futures Foundation Adds Director of Public Policy and Senior Program Officer to Team
January 16, 2020 College Futures Foundation welcomes Director of Public Policy Ria Sengupta Bhatt and Senior Program Officer April Yee to its staff. For more than 15 years, Bhatt has focused her career on improving educational opportunity for California’s diverse students, playing key Read more >
New College Futures Report: 144K Qualified Students Annually Will Be Turned Away from California Colleges & Universities
October 24, 2019 About 144,000 college-ready students will be turned away annually from California’s four-year higher education institutions by 2030—double the number being kept away now, according to a new report released today by the College Futures Foundation. The higher education capacity crisis Read more >
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Standing Together for a Just and Inclusive California
A pledge from California philanthropic organizations: The COVID–19 public health and economic crisis and the murders of Black Americans by police, have laid bare the deep inequities across our state. We need bold steps to ensure a future based on economic inclusion, Read more >
Testimony on Addressing Capacity Shortfalls at California’s Universities
Ria Sengupta Bhatt, the new director of public policy at College Futures Foundation, testified before the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance on March 10, 2020 on the topic of building capacity at California’s colleges and universities. Her remarks follow. We must build Read more >
A quick fix is unlikely for California colleges’ capacity woes – Education Dive
By Daniel C. Vock California faces a fairly unique problem: Its colleges and universities are quickly filling up and are beginning to struggle to educate everyone who is eligible to enroll there. By 2030, some 144,000 state residents who are otherwise qualified to Read more >
