blog post Prison Admissions Resume as COVID-19 Spreads By Heather Harris Jun 12, 2020 California has resumed prison admissions after an eight-week moratorium, a change that – if it leads to increased crowding -- could put the prison population at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19.
page COVID-19 Mar 1, 2020 The coronavirus outbreak poses a tremendous challenge to California, the nation, and the global community. PPIC’s analyses examine the impacts of COVID-19 and how policy choices and other actions can help address them.
blog post Testimony: California Is on Track to Close the Degree Gap By Hans Johnson Feb 25, 2020 Hans Johnson, director of the PPIC Higher Education Center, provides legislative testimony on California’s progress in addressing a projected shortage of highly educated workers.
blog post Pointing Eligible Students to Available CSU Campuses By Jacob Jackson Feb 6, 2020 A program launched last year aims to help students find alternatives when they are denied admission to their preferred CSU campus due to lack of space.
blog post Demand for UC and CSU Enrollment Remains Strong By Hans Johnson Jan 9, 2020 Even as the number of high school graduates in California has remained steady, demand for admission to the state’s public universities continues to grow.
blog post Video: Broadening Access to Transfer-Level Courses at California’s Community Colleges By Lynette Ubois Oct 16, 2019 At an event in Sacramento, researcher Marisol Cuellar Mejia and an expert panel discuss a new PPIC report on how large-scale placement and curricular reforms at community colleges are increasing student success.
event Broadening Access to Transfer-Level Courses at California’s Community Colleges Oct 8, 2019 The California Community Colleges are undertaking a range of efforts to boost the number of students earning degrees and transferring to four-year universities. Assembly Bill (AB) 705, which focuses on getting students into transfer-level courses, is an especially important reform. What kind of changes might we expect to see in the AB 705 era?
press release Broadening Access to Transfer-Level Courses Dramatically Increases Success for Community College Students Oct 7, 2019
blog post How Community College Reforms Could Help English Learners By Olga Rodriguez, Bonnie Brooks Oct 3, 2019 Two-thirds of English Learner students are not on track to earn a degree, but new initiatives may create clearer, more accessible pathways for advancement.
Report Higher Education in California: Expanding College Access By Hans Johnson, Sarah Bohn, Jacob Jackson, Olga Rodriguez Oct 1, 2019 Access to college is essential to California’s future growth. More California high school graduates are academically ready for college than ever before. More are applying to and enrolling in college. But many qualified applicants are still being turned away.
