Intersegmental Partnerships and Data Sharing: Promising Practices from the Field (2018)
California’s new accountability and continuous improvement system relies on partners using several different measures of performance to identify where changes are needed throughout a student’s learning life. Carefully monitoring the development, testing, and evaluation of improvement strategies requires partners having access to research-based Read more >
A Seat at the Table (2018)
California Assembly Bill 705 mandates that all community colleges in the state will soon allow students to enroll directly in transferable, college-level English composition (with concurrent support for those who need it) instead of taking remedial, non-transferable classes. It also requires English as Read more >
Multiple Paths Forward: Diversifying Mathematics as a Strategy for College Success (2018)
As students transition from high school to college, math placement is key to starting students on the path to college success. Yet traditional approaches to math placement and preparation have created significant barriers for students in California and across the country. Research shows Read more >
Bold Leadership Working for Community College Students
Today, the vast majority of California’s public school students are from low-income families or from populations historically underrepresented in higher education—including Latinos and African Americans. These students are the face of California’s future. However, these students face significant barriers in their pathway to Read more >
Grantee Spotlight: Q&A with Lande Ajose, Executive Director of California Competes
College Futures Foundation provides support to a number of policy groups that are focused on improving college opportunity and outcomes for low-income and underrepresented students in California. Our grantee partner California Competes is committed to making the education-to-employment pipeline work for more Californians. Read more >
Out of the Dark: Bringing California’s Education Data into the 21st Century (2018)
For some students, the path from education to employment is a direct line from high school to college enrollment to a job. But for most students, the path is winding or broken. To significanly increase the number of Californians with postsecondary degrees and Read more >
Money Left on the Table (2018)
While the skyrocketing price of college tuition has been discussed at length, less time has been spent examining the additional costs that students often have to bear, like food, rent, books, and transportation. The federally funded Pell Grant helps financially eligible students focus Read more >
Choosing Our Future 2.0 (2018)
Fresno Unified School District has made profound improvements since 2004 when most its schools had academic performance ratings in the bottom 10% of California and was in jeopardy of fiscal takeover by the state. Even with drastic growth in graduation rates, there remain Read more >
Left Out: How Exclusion in California’s Colleges and Universities Hurts Our Values, Our Students, and Our Economy (2018)
California’s public colleges and universities are among the best and most diverse in the nation. Student demographics lone would qualify many of our colleges and universities as Hispanic Serving Institutions and Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander Institutions, meaning they have a significant representation Read more >
Opportunity Imbalance: Race, Gender, and California’s Education-to-Employment Pipeline (2018)
Despite California’s growing economy, the state is home to the highest poverty rate in the nation, and the chasm between richest and poorest is wide and deep. Income disparity is one significant driver of this paradox, and one that greater access to meaningful Read more >