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At the forefront of the Campaign’s work is an ambitious policy agenda.  Our policy agenda is driven by three core principles:  Preserve Access; Improve Success; and, Maintain Affordability.

The Campaign strives to introduce and support bold policy solutions and reforms to our higher education system that will enable California to produce the one million additional college graduates our state needs. 

We urge California’s Governor and lawmakers to:

  • Ensure a spot in college for all eligible students
  • Support our community colleges and universities with additional revenues
  • Preserve financial aid for low and moderate income Californians through Cal Grants and increasing student access to federal Pell Grants
  • Supporting higher education funding and policy priorities that hold colleges and universities accountable for increasing student graduation and completion rates
  • Improving the coordination between our two year colleges and four year universities especially with regards to early college preparation, assessment and transfer


Policy Priorities

Over the next two years, the Campaign will leverage its broad based coalition, legislative victories, and resources to promote the following policy priorities and activities:

1) Ensure strong implementation of transfer reform legislation (SB 1440) by the California State University and the California Community Colleges by the fall of 2011 and continue to press the University of California to create a similar pathway (AB 2302); Monitor the SB 1440 Implementation & Oversight Committee.

2) Push for a new funding mechanism and regulatory relief for the California Community College system that creates incentives beyond enrollment and toward improved student completion;

3) Secure an explicit statement of statewide goals by the Governor for producing the educated workforce we need by establishing benchmarks for college-going and completion;

Jessie_Asm._Fong_Reid_Milburn.jpg4) Maintain public and media attention on the need for higher education investment and reforms;

5) Deepen and strengthen our engagement of business, civil rights, labor and community leaders across our state in support of this agenda.

6) Ensure adoption of recommendations from the Student Success Task Force to create a framework and practices to increase completion at the California Community Colleges; 

7) Support the Governor’s proposed tax extensions that will continue to provide revenues for our public higher education system.