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Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy


The mission of the Institute is to enhance leadership and policy for higher education in California and the nation through producing research and services relevant to policy makers, practitioners, and educators. The Institute has an emphasis on community colleges in recognition of their importance to providing an educated and diverse citizenry and workforce.


Recent Publications

NEW!!
It Could Happen: Unleashing the Potential of California's Community Colleges to Help Students Succeed and California Thrive
February, 2008
(click here for foldout insert or here to see the press release)
To receive a hard copy of this report, contact us at
ihe@csus.edu

This report integrates our work over the last year on how to increase student success. It proposes a specific agenda for policy change that could lead to significant and lasting increases in student success.

Moving Forward: Increasing Latino Enrollment in California's Public Universities
November, 2007

This report examines issues of UC/CSU eligibility among under-represented minoroity high school students, with a specific focus on the growing Latino population. The report describes a simple model that can be used to estimate the impact of eligibility increases among Latinos. (click here to see the model)


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In the Higher Education Policy Community

Return to Golden: A Public Agenda for California Higher Education

Presentation to the HACU-CLIC Joint Policy Summit, April 22, 2008


From Access to Success in California's Community Colleges: No Time to Waste

Presentation at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley, February 12, 2008

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In the News

Final Report Issued on Student Success Policies in California
Achieving Success (p. 13), newsletter of Achieving the Dream initiative, April 2008

Clear Reforms for Community Colleges
Jon Fensterwald, Educated Guess blog, April 14, 2008

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