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Presents an analysis of capacity at the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the California State University, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (private schools). The firm worked in collaboration with these higher education systems and the California Department of Education and used proprietary and publicly available data.
Provides the most comprehensive mixed-methods study of university students’ unmet basic needs and the relationship to student success ever completed within a 4-year higher education system. Findings from this study provide not only the prevalence of university student homelessness and food insecurity, but living examples from students about what they surmount in order to succeed at their dreams of earning a higher education degree.
Admissions requirements for popular majors are a challenge many students don’t expect after they’ve successfully gotten into college. Large public universities are far more likely than private ones to limit access to popular majors by GPA. Experts say that hurts students of color and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, robbing them of future income—and their dreams.
Summarizes the results of the 2018-19 Student Expenses and Resources Survey (SEARS) that sampled 150,000 California college students from all segments of higher education about their experiences and perceptions of college affordability.
Outlines Florida State University's two-part strategy for retaining students. The article provides details on how FSU has sought to make broad changes in systems and processes to eliminate barriers that make all students less likely to stay at FSU or succeed there and systematically segmented its student body to identify and address through intensive, targeted programs the particular challenges facing relatively small groups of students.
Lists a series of recommendations on policies and practices for increasing the productivity of industry-valued degrees and credentials. The purpose of the document is to provide strategies for addressing the current struggle that California's community colleges face in keeping pace with the higher levels of skills and education that employers are requiring from their applicants.
Discusses how institutes of higher education can be responsive to the needs of its students. The video mentions community colleges and first-generation students. It suggests that colleges remain flexible and adaptable and provides ways that they can help students overcome barriers to be successful.
Introduces the The California State University Graduation Initiative 2025. Launched in January 2015, this initiative aims to better prepare and assist students through an established a plan to remove obstacles to receiving a baccalaureate degree.
Examines the intersection of race, gender, and higher education. Hear My Voice draws upon on-campus interviews with male students of color, parents, educators, and administrators, as well as reviewing existing research.