Posts By: Regan Douglass
College Going and College Readiness in LAUSD (2017)
Many school districts in California are focused on preparing their students for success in college, yet few have information about how they fare once they enroll, whether or not they graduate with a degree, and how college readiness supports for students are working. Read more >
Monica Lozano to Lead College Futures Foundation
Monica Lozano, a widely respected leader with strong experience in the realms of business, news media, philanthropy, and education, has been named the new President & CEO of College Futures Foundation. “Monica Lozano’s defining qualities—intelligence and integrity—will serve College Futures well. We are Read more >
Announcing our New President & CEO: Monica Lozano to Lead College Futures
Dear friends and colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Monica Lozano, a widely respected leader with strong experience in the realms of business, news media, philanthropy, and education, has been named the new President & CEO of College Futures Foundation. Lozano’s defining Read more >
Report Webinar on Securing the Public Trust: Practical Steps toward Higher Education Finance Reform in California
All California students deserve the opportunity to get a high-quality four-year college education. But that promise is being broken every day because California’s system for financing its public universities is not working on behalf of students. Learn more about the College Futures Foundation Read more >
Announcing My Retirement: A Letter from College Futures CEO Julia Lopez
After eight wonderful, stimulating, and professionally very satisfying years as President & CEO of College Futures Foundation (previously known as College Access Foundation of California), I will be retiring effective June 30, 2017. This was a difficult decision because I feel so engaged Read more >
How Can CA Support Higher Ed Innovation? A Message from the College Futures President
Dear colleagues and friends, It has been two years since Governor Jerry Brown earmarked $50 million of the state’s budget for a set of Awards for Innovation in Higher Education. The purpose of the awards: reward public colleges and universities that were experimenting Read more >
A Bold Vision for Supporting Innovation in Higher Education
When Governor Jerry Brown earmarked $50 million of his state’s 2014 budget for the Awards for Innovation in Higher Education, it was a bold move, one that hadn’t been tried before. The rationale for the awards was simple: rewarding state colleges, universities, and Read more >
Kendall Guthrie Joins College Futures Foundation as Chief Learning Officer
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation announced the appointment of Kendall Guthrie as Chief Learning Officer. As a member of senior management, she will head College Futures’ Learning & Evaluation Department and advance the Foundation’s strategy and program planning and Read more >
Using Scholarships Strategically: Lessons from 10 Years of Grantmaking
How can scholarships be used as strategic tools so that far more young people can gain access to and be successful in college and entire regions of our state can meet the demand for degrees essential to their economies, communities, and future? In Read more >
College Futures Foundation Shares Brighter Vision Behind New Name and Look
College Access Foundation of California is excited to share that we are now College Futures Foundation. We have changed our name to better reflect our current and future work as well as our vision for a thriving California. Although our mission remains the Read more >