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Getting Students Through the Gate: New Study Focuses on How Higher Education Can Increase Transfer Success
Community colleges have long been a vital gateway to a bachelor’s degree, serving a majority of California high school graduates who enroll in higher education, particularly low-income students of color and first-generation college-goers. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, even more students will likely choose that pathway to save money and attend school closer to home. Read more >
News & Commentary, Spotlights
Student Journalists’ Work and Voices Vital During Pandemic
Understanding challenges and opportunities in higher education requires understanding “the student experience”—which, in California, encompasses hundreds of campuses, multiple pathways toward a degree, and many diverse communities. Recognizing this and seeking to improve their coverage of higher education, news outlets CalMatters and EdSource launched programs in January to tap into the expertise of student journalists. Read more >
News & Commentary
Responding to Student Needs During COVID-19: Thoughts from Foundation President & CEO Monica Lozano
Dear colleagues and friends, The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it monumental challenges for California’s students. When the initial impacts began to hit campuses in March, we at College Futures Foundation knew we had to respond. In early April, we launched the California College Student Emergency Support Fund to help address basic needs for some Read more >
News & Commentary
California College Student Emergency Support Fund
During these challenging times, it is more important than ever to help the most vulnerable students stay in school, earn their degrees, and build a better future for themselves and our communities. The California College Student Emergency Support Fund launched on April 2nd to give one-time $500 hardship grants to students. Administered by Mission Asset Read more >
Press Releases & Announcements
College Futures on COVID-19 Response – Message to Partners
Dear partners, colleagues, and friends, We are thinking of you all during this challenging time. The rapidly shifting COVID-19 environment underscores the importance of the work you are doing to support students, families, and communities who would benefit most from college opportunity and socioeconomic mobility—and how complex and changeable this work can be. First, we Read more >
News & Commentary
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 higher education capacity if California’s diverse students are to earn degrees, achieve Read more >
Publications & Research
New College Futures Report: Perspectives on the Search for the Next UC President
The leadership transition at the University of California is occurring at a unique moment, when the nature of learning, work, and the economy in our state are undergoing significant transformation. As head of one of the world’s premier postsecondary research institutions, the new UC president will help shape the future of higher education in California Read more >
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A New Era of Leadership for the University of California: Perspectives on Priorities for the UC Presidential Search (2020)
The leadership transition at the University of California is occurring at a unique moment, when the nature of learning, work, and the economy in our state are undergoing significant transformation. As head of one of the world’s premier postsecondary research institutions, the new UC president will help shape the future of higher education in California Read more >
News & Commentary
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 attend its public universities to earn a bachelor’s degree won’t be able Read more >