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Higher Education: Students’ Basic Needs Not Met
California Competes |
August 08, 2018
California is recognized as an innovative economic leader boasting access to world class higher education, yet the state is quickly being outpaced in the percentage of students who actually complete their degrees.
Food Insecurity Hampers College Completion for California’s Students
Sarah Riley |
August 02, 2018
While California’s college costs and living expenses continue to rise, financial aid isn’t keeping pace, leaving many students without consistent access to healthy meals.
What Can Promise Programs Mean for California’s Students?
Ria Sengupta Bhatt |
February 20, 2018
Thinking back to the last article you read on higher education, it’s likely you saw the word “promise”: a promised spot in college for high schoolers, a promise of affordability for families, a promise of a brighter economic future.
Higher Education and California’s Next Governor
Ria Sengupta Bhatt |
January 25, 2018
As California’s election year kicks into high gear with the Latino Community Foundation’s Gubernatorial Forum this evening, we at California Competes are paying close attention to how the candidates for the state’s top office plan to approach the key topic of higher education.
California’s College Promise Brings Us Closer, But Won’t Close the 2.4 Million-Degree Gap
Taylor Myers |
January 23, 2018
Closing the degree gap is critical for California’s future, and this bill, while important for the precedent it sets, doesn’t go far enough in producing the credentials our state needs.
Recapturing Public Trust for Higher Education
California Competes Leadership Council |
December 18, 2017
California lacks a predictable and consistent process for ensuring that funding needs for our higher education institutions are met.
Lande Ajose Discusses Assembly Bill 19: California College Promise on "This Week in California Education"
Joanna Rosenthal |
October 20, 2017
California Competes Executive Director Lande Ajose joins the EdSource team to discuss what AB 19 means for California's community college students.
College Access: Tuition Only Part of Story
California Competes Leadership Council |
May 15, 2017
Addressing the challenge of how we finance our systems of higher education will be difficult — but it is necessary, and it is possible.
Contemplating College Affordability
Joanna Rosenthal |
April 14, 2014
With the support and encouragement of the Lumina Foundation, we engaged in a “what if” exercise, detailing what would be involved in creating a college affordability calculator. We dubbed the result a “Considerator” because we realized it’s not possible to give someone the one right college answer using numbers and formulas.