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What Education Policy Should Be a Priority in 2020? – The Sacramento Bee
Each week through December 2019, a selection of the Sacramento Bee’s 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. College Futures President and CEO Monica Lozano responds to the question, “What should the most important priority in the area of education policy Read more >
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How to Make Room for 100,000 More College Students in California Without Major Construction – EdSource
By Larry Gordon To make room for 100,000 students who otherwise could get squeezed out of higher education, California’s public colleges and universities need to graduate students faster, operate more on weekends and summers and share facilities and degree programs, according to a new report by the College Futures Foundation. However, the possibility of building new Read more >
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New Survey: Students Report High Housing and Food Expenses as Barriers to College Success
Paying for the full cost of attending college – including tuition, housing, food, and transportation — is the biggest barrier to success for most California students, particularly those from low-income families and communities of color. Initial insights from the Student Expenses and Resources Survey (SEARS) draw from first-hand accounts of students from all of California’s higher education segments. The redesigned survey was conducted for Read more >
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What One Thing Could Make College More Affordable? It’s Not Just Lowering Tuition – Sacramento Bee
Each week through November 2019, a selection of the Sacramento Bee’s 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. College Futures President and CEO Monica Lozano responds to the question, “What’s the one thing you would do first in an effort to Read more >
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From Practice to Policy: How Institutions Leverage Data to Improve Outcomes (2019)
As policymakers explore options for building California’s first early education to workforce longitudinal data system, local initiatives to improve outcomes through data collection and analysis offer important takeaways. In 2013, the University of California Riverside formed the Graduation Rate Task Force to improve the four-year graduation rate. At that time, only 42% of UC Riverside Read more >
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Governor Appoints College Futures Board Member, Grantee Partner to Top Roles
College Futures Foundation congratulates Dr. Lande Ajose, our longtime grantee partner, on her appointment as Governor Newsom’s Senior Advisor on Higher Education, and Lenny Mendonça, our board member and thought partner, on his appointment as Chief Economic and Business Advisor and Director of the state’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Generating economic opportunity and Read more >
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Governor Appoints College Futures Board Member, Grantee Partner to Top Roles
College Futures Foundation congratulates Dr. Lande Ajose, our longtime grantee partner, on her appointment as Governor Newsom’s Senior Advisor on Higher Education, and Lenny Mendonça, our board member and thought partner, on his appointment as Chief Economic and Business Advisor and Director of the state’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Generating economic opportunity and Read more >
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New Survey: Californians Prioritize Higher Education
Public opinion poll shows that Californians want a higher education system that better supports student access and success Findings from a new statewide opinion survey, released yesterday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) and funded by College Futures Foundation, reveal that Californians value higher education, desire a higher education system that supports student success, and are interested in leadership on issues Read more >
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What the Next Lieutenant Governor Must Do
By Lande Ajose and Monica Lozano As voters weigh the issues on Tuesday’s ballot, higher education in California should rank high on the list. No system is more connected to economic opportunity and mobility than higher education. That’s why the next lieutenant governor can be so important to our state’s 2 million students, their families Read more >