An inclusive economic recovery and future resiliency depend on strengthening the education-to-employment pipeline in several important ways. We urge state and institutional leaders to focus on these interconnected goals:
- Align higher education and workforce by engaging employers, leveraging regional approaches, and focusing on producing career-ready students;
- Enable postsecondary access and success for adults through flexible pathways, versatile teaching and learning methods, and increased affordability;
- Expand quality online education opportunities with effective pedagogy, improved cost structures, and broadband access for all;
- Support the creation of a future-oriented, independent, and transparent higher education coordinating entity centered on students’ needs; and
- Launch the comprehensive Cradle-to-Career Data System to better understand student outcomes and promote evidence-based policymaking to close California’s degree attainment gap.
Read more about these priorities: Reimagining Higher Education to Serve All Californians.
