Speaking at a legislative forum hosted by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in Sacramento about overcoming challenges to California’s continued growth and economic prosperity, Linda Collins, founder and executive director of [...]
Transitions to College
California needs a plan for federal aid for adult students without high school diplomas
Thousands more California residents might qualify for financial aid to attend college and earn credentials — and higher wages — if the state added its own option for students without [...]
Bakersfield Symposium Highlights Concerns – and Solutions – Related to College Access and Equity
More than 300 practitioners from community colleges across California gathered in Bakersfield on Nov. 15 to learn about and explore intentional, supported pathways as a strategy for equity.
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Evidence Supports Dual Enrollment as a Strategy for Equity
Career Ladders Project promotes dual enrollment as a strategy for equity — measured by course and degree completion, achievement in high school and college, and other indicators — for subgroups [...]
School testing bill would have been ‘a giant step backward’
update – Oct. 14, 2019
We were glad to see Gov. Gavin Newsom veto AB 751 over the weekend, saying that allowing use of the SAT and ACT in [...]
Fresno City College Goes to College
As part of its Guided Pathways inquiry, Fresno City College sent teams to three other California community colleges and three campuses of CUNY, the City University of New York.
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CSU’s proposed changes to math requirements will hurt underrepresented students
California State University’s Board of Trustees is considering a proposal to require high school students to complete a fourth year of math to qualify for admission.
Career Ladders [...]
How Georgia State Reforms Closed Racial and Ethnic Completion Gaps: it Can be Done
Two leaders from Georgia State University came to Long Beach on Nov. 15 to talk about reforms that are credited with raising graduation rates campuswide above 75%. In fact, Latinx [...]