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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 for low-income California students. Currently, Swearengin is President and CEO of the Read more >
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Hear My Voice: Strengthening the College Pipeline for Young Men of Color (2017)
Young men of color face unique barriers to college access and completion. These students—who account for one third of California’s public school population—are disproportionately low-income and attending under-resourced schools. On top of these social and economic challenges, young men of color face negative stereotypes in the media, and in schools, that lower expectations for them Read more >
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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. Research Tracks LAUSD Students’ College Enrollment Rates and How LAUSD Prepares Students Read more >
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DACA News: We Stand Behind Opportunity and Privacy for Dreamers
The Trump administration has announced that it will reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy and indicated that it is up to Congress to replace the program. College Futures Foundation strongly disagrees with the decision to roll back this just, principled, and sound policy, which protects undocumented students—“Dreamers” who came to the U.S. as Read more >
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Many L.A. Students Get to College; Only a Few Finish – Los Angeles Times
By Howard Blume A study released Wednesday put an exclamation point on something that Los Angeles Unified School District officials already have acknowledged: too few of their graduates—about one in four—are earning a college degree. The latest data points from two studies, by UCLA and Claremont Graduate University researchers, were no surprise to L.A. Unified. District officials had early access to Read more >
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UCLA-Claremont Study Tracks College Enrollment Rate of LAUSD Graduates – UCLA Newsroom
By George Foulsham In the first comprehensive analysis of college enrollment of Los Angeles Unified School District graduates, UCLA and Claremont Graduate University researchers found that 70 percent of high school graduates enrolled in either two- or four-year colleges, but only 25 percent of graduates went on to earn a college degree within six years. Read more >
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LAUSD High School Counselors Say They Don’t Have Enough Time to Help Students With College Application Process – LA School Report
By Sarah Favot Counselors at LA Unified high schools say they have enough information to give students about applying for college and financial aid, but what they don’t have is enough time to help students through these processes, according to a new study released Wednesday. Los Angeles Education Research Institute released a pair of studies Read more >
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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 lucky to have her, but we are not the only ones. Her Read more >
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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 qualities—intelligence and integrity—will serve College Futures well. We are lucky to have Read more >