Report Reforming Math Pathways at California’s Community Colleges By Hans Johnson, Olga Rodriguez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Bonnie Brooks Oct 23, 2017 The goal of developmental education (also known as remedial or basic skills education) is to help students acquire the skills they need to be successful in college courses, but its track record is poor. In fact, it is one of the largest impediments to student success in California’s community colleges. Many students do need additional work to be ready for college, particularly in math. But every year hundreds of thousands of students are deemed underprepared for college and placed into developmental courses from which relatively few emerge. Throughout the state, community colleges are revising assessment and placement procedures to ensure that students who are ready for college are not placed in developmental education. And, given the high failure rates in traditional developmental courses, colleges are also experimenting with alternative curricular approaches.
blog post UC’s Experiment in Measuring Costs By Patrick Murphy, Kevin Cook Jul 19, 2017 A little-noticed provision in the state budget could help University of California campuses improve their budgetary decision-making.
blog post Chet Hewitt Joins PPIC Board, Mas Masumoto Named Chair By Mark Baldassare Sep 14, 2016 Chet Hewitt, president and CEO of Sierra Health Foundation, joined PPIC’s board of directors, and Mas Masumoto, noted author and third-generation farmer, was elected board chair.
blog post Video: Supporting Student Parents in Community College CalWORKs Programs By Stephanie Barton Nov 4, 2020 PPIC’s Bonnie Brooks and Shannon McConville discuss new research on how programs at California community colleges help support the economic mobility of CalWORKs student parents.
