Policy Priorities

Policymakers must prioritize equitable postsecondary and workforce opportunities and outcomes to ensure our state’s regional economies and communities can weather the COVID-19 crisis, recover quickly, and withstand future threats.

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Adult Degree Completion Strategies

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Workforce Alignment

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Integrated Statewide Data System

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Racial Equity

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Statewide System Coordination

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Innovative Institutional Practices

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Degree Gap

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Higher Education Finance Reform

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California Competes in the Community

California Competes travels across the state to participate in and lead important conversations about improving higher education and workforce outcomes for all Californians. See where we've been recently, and what's coming up on our calendar.

U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences Pathways Fellows Presentation

April 28, 2021

California Data System Policy & Analytics Advisory Group Meeting

March 11, 2021

California State University Chancellor’s General Education Advisory Committee

January 19, 2021

Diablo Black Men's Group

January 16, 2021
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Recent Posts

Policy & Analysis

Governor’s January Budget Proposal Reinvests in California’s Higher Education System

Gail Yen | January 11, 2021

The Governor’s 2021-22 Budget Proposal contains no cuts to California’s three public higher education systems and instead offers funding increases to address equity gaps, promote completion rates, and support students’ upward economic mobility.

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Policy & Analysis

Strategies to Increase Diversity in STEM Fields

Su Jin Gatlin Jez | December 17, 2020

When California Competes facilitated a focus group with the California Business Roundtable and some of the organization’s members, it became clear that despite an increased focus on recruiting a more diverse talent pool into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, there’s still a great need for policy reforms—both in higher education and the workforce.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed Highlights Need for Equitable High-Speed Internet in California

California Competes | November 09, 2020

EdSource published commentary from California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez and ECMC Foundation President Peter J. Taylor, calling for better access to high-speed internet. Broadband access aligns with California Competes’s commitment to equity by ensuring that every Californian has the connectivity they need to pursue higher education and engage in an increasingly web-centered world.

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