Press Releases
The Blacks and Higher Education: California Profile documents college-going rates and completion rates for black students finding downward trends in both areas. At a time when the state is projected to have a shortage of one million trained workers with a baccalaureate degree, California must ensure that more black students graduate from high school ready for college and are successful in reaching their college dreams.
January 6, 2012 | Press Statement: Governor Proposes No New Cuts to Institutions of Public Higher Education and Places Unprecedented Focus on Student Success
We are encouraged to see that the Governor’s 2012-2013 budget plan, predicated on the passage of the temporary tax increases, proposes no new cuts to the systems of higher education.
August 18, 2011 | Press Statement: 2010’s Historic Transfer Reform Hangs in Suspense
SB 292 (Padilla), follow-up legislation to last year’s historic transfer reform bill, was heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday and placed on the suspense file. It is vital that SB 292 move off of the suspense file, through the Assembly and to the Governor’s desk if the promise of transfer reform is to be realized.
Divided We Fail: San Francisco Bay Regional Profile finds more than three-quarters of black and Latino degree-seeking students are left empty-handed six years after entering college. College success remains an elusive goal for many students in the San Francisco Bay region, according to a supplement to the statewide Divided We Fail: Improving College Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in California’s Community Colleges report released jointly this week by The Campaign for College Opportunity and the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy (IHELP) at Sacramento State University, in partnership with the Education Trust-West, Californians for Justice, PolicyLink, Greenlining Institute, and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Divided We Fail: San Diego-Imperial Regional Profile finds nearly three-quarters of black and Latino degree seeking students are left empty-handed six years after entering college. College success remains an elusive goal for many students in the San Diego-Imperial region, according to a supplement to the statewide Divided We Fail: Improving College Completion and Closing Racial Gasp in
California’s Community Colleges report released jointly this week by The Campaign for College Opportunity and the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy (IHELP) at Sacramento State University, in partnership with the Urban League of San Diego.
College success remains an elusive goal for many students in California’s community colleges, according to a report released jointly this week by The Campaign for College Opportunity, the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy (IHELP) at Sacramento State University, and 14 co-releasing organizations. Divided We Fail: Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in California’s Community Colleges, finds nearly three-quarters of black and Latino degree-seeking students are left empty-handed six years after entering college. More
August 30, 2010 | Lawmakers Pass ‘Historic’ Transfer Reform Package to Increase College Student Success
In an effort to substantially increase the number of college degrees awarded in the state, the Legislature has passed a two-bill transfer reform package that would smooth the transfer pathway for students and free up space at California’s public colleges. More