Posts By: Amanda Ufheil-Somers
California’s Public Universities Need Shared Metrics for Better Understanding and Decision-Making
Recent public opinion research shows an alarming trend of growing public mistrust of our nation’s colleges and universities—a mistrust sparked by increases in tuitions and the perception of eroding value of higher education. California is not immune to this problem; research by the Read more >
The Majority Report: Supporting the Educational Success of Latino Students in California (2017)
California’s ability to prepare our K-12 students for success in college and career depends greatly on the outcomes achieved for Latino students, who are the majority of the state’s K-12 student population. In The Majority Report: Supporting the Educational Success of Latino Students Read more >
Reforming Math Pathways at California’s Community Colleges (2017)
For too many students in California’s community colleges, placement into remedial math—also known as developmental math—is a significant barrier to completing a bachelor’s degree in terms of both time and cost. For several years, practitioners and researchers have explored and piloted new ideas Read more >
Public Higher Education Finance Reform Will Be Challenging but Necessary Says Range of Experts, Voters in New Study
Project from David Binder Research Shows Bipartisan Support SAN FRANCISCO — California is in the grip of a paradox – a college education has never been more important to have, but has never felt harder to get. With more qualified students than ever Read more >
Perceptions About the Financing of California’s Public University Systems: Opinion Research with Key Stakeholders, Engaged Voters, and Students
California is in the grip of a paradox—a college education has never been more important to have, but has never felt harder to get. With more qualified students than ever seeking a constrained number of seats, many students and their families worry that Read more >
Public Higher Education Finance Reform Will Be Challenging But Necessary According to Range of Experts, Voters
Project from David Binder Research Shows Bipartisan Support California is in the grip of a paradox – a college education has never been more important to have, but has never felt harder to get. With more qualified students than ever seeking a constrained Read more >
California Colleges are Turning Away Students. It’s Time to Rethink Funding for UC and CSU – The Sacramento Bee
By Russell S. Gould and Elizabeth Hill Thanks to our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, when we were growing up in California we knew that if we did the work in high school there was a place for us in the University of California Read more >
Leading the Way: Cuyamaca College Transforms Math Remediation (2017)
In California, nearly 65% of community college students placed into remedial math courses never complete the math requirements to earn a bachelor’s degree. Traditional remediation sequences have become a significant barrier to college persistence and success—especially for students of color, who are more Read more >
Meeting California’s Need for College Graduates: A Regional Perspective (2017)
Research by the Public Policy Institute of California projects that the state will face a shortfall of 1.1 million college degrees by 2030, if recent economic and education trends continue. The majority of California’s public school students are low-income and youth of color. Read more >
Ashley Swearengin Joins College Futures Foundation Board of Directors
Ashley Swearengin, President and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation, was appointed to the College Futures Foundation board of directors this summer. Swearengin will help oversee the College Futures Foundation’s strategic development and guide investments to improve college access, persistence, and degree attainment Read more >