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What Makes a Partnership Work? (2017)

Partnerships between institutions from different education segments represent a promising strategy to establish education pathways extending from kindergarten to bachelor’s degree achievement. Effective collaboration provides opportunities for schools, colleges, and universities to extend their resources, develop more effective organizational strategies, and strengthen students’ academic and career outcomes. Public- and privately-funded programs have encouraged intersegmental partnership Read more >

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News & Commentary

Why We Must Help Inland Empire Students Escape Poverty – Redlands Daily Facts

By Cheryl Brown Last week, I participated in a convening, sponsored by the College Futures Foundation under the leadership of Julia I. Lopez, titled “Toward a Shared Vision: Increasing Bachelor Degree Attainment in the Inland Empire.” Dozens of leaders from across the region representing K-12 school districts, community colleges and universities, in addition to representatives Read more >

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News & Commentary

Stanislaus Community Foundation Awards Largest Amount of Scholarships in Organization’s History – Turlock Journal

Thanks to the generous contributions of scholarship donors and a grant from College Futures Foundation, 175 local students will receive scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year totaling $229,500. That’s more than double the amount of scholarship dollars distributed by Stanislaus Community Foundation in 2016. This year’s awards bring the total amount of scholarship dollars distributed by Read more >

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Helping Students Cross the Finish Line: Partnering Regionally and Across Systems to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion (2017)

Education is similar to a relay race in at least one way: Supporting students’ pursuit of a bachelor’s degree requires the combined and coordinated efforts of multiple institutions along the way. In order to help students cross the finish line, we have to get the handoffs right. That means addressing barriers at key transition points along student Read more >

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Underrepresented Students Get Hit Hardest When Public University Access is Cut

Low-income and first-generation college students are California’s future. Most come from racial/ethnic groups that have been underrepresented in higher education—and they are the majority of high school graduates today. But recent increases in enrollment and degree completion among historically underrepresented groups are not happening fast enough to keep pace with population changes. At the same time, Read more >

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News & Commentary

Better Higher Education Budgeting for Student Access and Success

Are 1960s-era state-agency budgeting practices hobbling smarter decisions that could make room for California’s next generation of students? Higher education finance in California needs to be reformed, and reforming the way budgets are built is a good place to start. Despite huge changes in revenues, student populations, and demand since the Master Plan for Higher Read more >

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Predictable Tuition Costs Would Help Families and Universities Plan for the Future

As any parent with teenagers knows, paying for college is hard and the nagging worry of “do I have enough saved” fuels many sleepless nights. Recently, there has been heightened public dialogue about the price of public higher education and some states are exploring alternative tuition policies, including free college. However, what has not been Read more >