blog post Locking Students Out of Our Colleges a Losing Strategy By Hans Johnson Apr 13, 2015 The state's public universities are not able to accommodate all of the qualified students who apply, a troubling issue for the state.
blog post ‘Tis the Season for College Applications By Hans Johnson Nov 29, 2018 Eight of the top 10 most popular colleges and universities in the US are in California—the state's colleges and universities also lead the nation in rejecting applicants.
blog post What the New College Scorecard Can—and Can’t—Tell You By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Jacob Jackson Oct 12, 2015 Californians will find the federal college scorecard useful, since the state lacks a system to track student outcomes and earnings. But there’s a lot it can’t tell you.
blog post Fewer California Adults and Far Fewer Children Are in Poverty in 2021 By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon Sep 22, 2022 New census data show that poverty in California declined among both adults and children last year. While economic downturns typically cause poverty to rise, pandemic relief measures drove a continued decline, especially among children.
blog post As a Pandemic Medi-Cal Policy Ends, Some Californians Will Fall through the Cracks By Paulette Cha Mar 1, 2023 On April 1, officials restarted regular Medi-Cal eligibility reviews that had been paused during the pandemic. While this change will reduce state General Fund spending on Medi-Cal, it will also result in some still-eligible individuals being disenrolled from the program.
blog post COVID-19 Further Disrupts Testing for College Admissions and Placement By Niu Gao, Olga Rodriguez Sep 16, 2020 As the pandemic continues to cause major shifts in the educational landscape, California’s public colleges and universities are exploring how new admissions and placement approaches might promote equity and access.
blog post Students Choose College with Future Jobs in Mind By Hans Johnson May 5, 2017 Students’ career goals play an increasingly important role in their choice of college.
blog post College Applications Are Up and Admission Rates Are Down By Hans Johnson Nov 12, 2019 The popularity of many of California’s public universities has grown substantially in the past decade, while admissions rates have declined.
