Publications
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Insights from the Field: Barriers & Opportunities for Building Higher Education–Employer Partnerships
July 11, 2022
Effective higher education–employer partnerships are central to improving student employment outcomes, ensuring workforce needs are met, and boosting the state’s economic strength and competitiveness. As efforts and investments to build bridges between higher education and employers grow, this brief shares the main factors that hinder meaningful engagements and sets the foundation towards actionable solutions.
Get Ready: Introducing the Millions of Adults Planning to Enroll in College
California Competes |
May 06, 2021
New data reveals about one-fifth of California’s adult population plans to go to college within the next two years, and our higher education system needs to start preparing now. This report explores who these adults are and describes how following through on their educational goals could help meet workforce demands.
Untapped Opportunity: Understanding and Advancing Prospects for Californians without a College Degree
California Competes |
February 11, 2021
For the 6.8 million Californians ages 25–54 with a high school education but no associate’s or bachelor’s degree, employment prospects are increasingly limited—especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt plans for future education, employers’ expectations, available positions, and more.
California Competes Policy Priorities
February 03, 2021
Focused on strategies to innovate and correct pervasive inequities in higher education, California Competes’s policy priorities outline five key goals to advance student outcomes and power the state economy.
Credit for Prior Learning: Leveraging Past Learning to Close Present-Day Equity Gaps
California Competes |
August 11, 2020
This brief outlines how and why credit for prior learning (CPL) deserves a more prominent role among college and university programs offered for California adults. More uniform and widely implemented CPL policies throughout California’s public higher education segments could elevate the economic trajectories for hundreds of thousands of uncredentialed adults — while helping the state increase degree attainment and meet workforce demands.
Postsecondary to Prosperity: Examining California’s Opportunity Landscape
July 29, 2020
To inform decision making and help prioritize equity in the state’s approach to economic recovery, this report explores critical insights into educational outcomes, upward mobility in the workforce, and quality of life.
California Competes 2019 Policy Platform
California Competes |
March 26, 2019
State leaders have a prime opportunity to modernize the state's system of higher education and build pathways to prosperity for more Californians. Together, we can deliver the benefits of a college credential to all Californians who want to learn, contribute, and succeed.
Educating Julio
April 02, 2014
Our report, Educating Julio, examines strategies for growing our community college enrollment building on the analysis we released in November of 2013. It describes some of the dynamics of community college enrollment that underlie the debate about how “unmet need” should be defined, identified, and addressed.