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Emergency support for college students is a matter of financial equity, and it’s everyone’s business
Emergency fund assistance for students in our state budget, paired with recently approved federal relief, recognizes an important lesson from the pandemic: Flexible cash assistance works. California offers relatively generous financial aid programs, but their application is limited, and too many of our Read more >
Expanding Our Partnership with Community-Based Organizations Mobilizing for College Student Success
We are excited to announce the official public launch of the Community Engagement for College Success Network, consisting of 11 community-based organizations (CBOs) representing Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and the Fresno area. Mobilizing around a shared goal to boost higher education access, Read more >
Our Future Workforce Depends on Educational Equity – Forbes
When businesses show up on campuses to offer internships or speak at career day events, the impact is limited to a few jobs. To develop a pipeline of skilled workers and an economy that fosters growth, they need to support broader, deeper changes 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 >
Leaders selected in California’s unprecedented searches will help shape future of higher education – EdSource
By Larry Gordon California’s two public university systems are looking for Supermen or Superwomen who can increase funding, protect academic prestige, bolster graduation rates, ensure labor peace and work for social justice. With such lofty and perhaps unrealistic goals, unprecedented simultaneous searches are Read more >
Community advocates improved higher education access, equity from new UC president – Daily Bruin
By Sophia Kloster UCLA students and faculty said at a forum Tuesday they think the next president of the University of California needs to pay attention to issues such as sustainability, inclusivity and accessibility. The forum, which was hosted by the UC and Read more >
California considers building new CSU campus – EdSource
By Larry Gordon It’s been nearly two decades since the California State University opened a new full-service campus. That was its 23rd, CSU Channel Islands, built in Camarillo north of Los Angeles on the sprawling grounds of what used to be a state Read more >
What education policy should be a priority in 2020? – The Sacramento Bee
Each week through December 2019, a selection of the Sacramento Bee’s 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. College Futures President and CEO Monica Lozano responds to the question, Read more >
If the University of California drops the SAT, what would take its place? – CalMatters
By Felicia Mello The debate over whether to stop using the SAT in admissions at the sprawling and nationally influential University of California is approaching a turning point. Anti-testing groups filed two lawsuits Tuesday demanding that the university drop the requirement for students to submit Read more >
