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Op-Ed Highlights How Education Leaders, Faculty, and Staff Can Better Support Asian Americans
California Competes |
March 30, 2021
This commentary, authored by California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez, was published by The Hechinger Report on March 30, 2021.
California Should Expand Broadband Access. Here’s How.
Su Jin Gatlin Jez |
March 03, 2021
As higher education has almost universally moved online, Californians without high speed internet are being left behind. And those without internet who are left behind are also those who most need internet—Californians without postsecondary degrees.
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.
Op-Ed Highlights Need for Equitable Access to High-Quality Internships
California Competes |
January 08, 2021
The Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times published commentary from California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez and California Business Roundtable Executive Vice President Kirk Clark on January 8, 2021. Ensuring that students from underserved backgrounds can successfully apply for internships, afford to accept such positions, and have the technological capabilities and equipment to complete them are outcomes that support California Competes’s broader goals regarding higher education and workforce alignment.
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.
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.
Crisis Underscores Need for Coordination in Higher Education
October 20, 2020
Dr. Lande Ajose, senior policy advisor for higher education to Governor Gavin Newsom, and Peter Taylor, president of the ECMC Foundation and California State University (CSU) trustee, shed light on coordination in higher education during the Postsecondary to Prosperity webinar, which featured a discussion on how the state must respond during these uncertain times.
California Competes Talks Higher Education and Workforce on “Nation State of Play” Podcast
California Competes |
October 13, 2020
Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez joined Neptune Ops Partner and Co-Founder Bryan Miller on his podcast, “Nation State of Play,” to discuss how higher education and workforce in California can emerge from COVID-19 stronger and more equitable than before. Their conversation covered California Competes’s research priorities, the importance of consistent statewide policymaking and coordination, credit for prior learning, and more.
Postsecondary to Prosperity: A Conversation About Transforming an Inequitable System to Fuel Opportunity
California Competes |
July 29, 2020
This webinar explores how higher education systems can be transformed so California’s post-pandemic future can be one where every Californian has the opportunity to thrive. The webinar features Governor Gavin Newsom’s Senior Policy Advisor for Higher Education Dr. Lande Ajose and ECMC President Peter J. Taylor as panelists and California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez as moderator.
California State Budget Analysis
Gail Yen |
July 01, 2020
Governor Newsom signed a $202.1 billion budget spending plan earlier this week that was passed by the California Legislature. The budget passed demonstrates our elected leaders’ hope for a quick economic recovery and relies on significant support from the federal government.