Presentations
Using a Policy Audit to Align Community College Finance with State Policy Goals. Presentation to the Making Opportunity Affordable (MOA) Academy, June 3, 2008
A Call for Change? Increasing Student Success at California Community Colleges. Presentation to the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Education and Workforce Development Committee, May 23, 2008
Levers of Change: Role of Financial Aid and Institutional Reform in Promoting Student Success at California Community Colleges. Presentation to the College Access Foundation, May 20, 2008
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
Financing Community Colleges: Policies, Incentives and Language Matter
Presentation to the Achieving the Dream State Policy Meeting,
February 5, 2008
Policy Research that Got Noticed: Lessons Learned for Making Research Useful. Presentation to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 8, 2007
Financing Community Colleges: Policies and Incentives Matter. Presentation to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 7, 2007
Untapped Opportunities: Designing Policies to Increase Student Success. Presentation to the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, November 1, 2007
Beyond the Open Door: Leveraging Institutional Change through State Policy Reform. Presentation to the Community Colleges Leadership Development Initiatives, October 11-12 and November 2, 2007
Increasing Opportunities for Student Success: Changing the "Rules of the Game". Presentation to the Community Colleges Leadership Development Initiatives' Policy Seminar on Quality and Affordability in California's Community Colleges, May 9, 2007
Student Success in the California Community Colleges: Why does it matter? How do we know? What do we do? Presentation to the Community College League of California's annual Trustees conference, May 6, 2007
Using Data for a Change: Three Conversations. Presentation to the joint conference of the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges and the California Community Colleges Chief Information System Officers Association, March 26, 2007
Latino College Success and the California Dream. Presentation to Greater Los Angeles Chicano-Latino Administrator, Faculty & Staff Community College Association, March 24, 2007
Testimony to the Senate Education Committee on accountability, January 31, 2007
Latino Student Access and Success: Research Findings and Policy Implications. Presentation to NALEO Education Leadership Initiative, California Statewide Policy Institute on Higher Education Access and Success, January 16, 2007
"The Cockeyed Optimist": Student Success Research or "What Kind of Fool am I?" Presentation to the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers' fall conference, November 3, 2006
Buying the Right Thing: Using a Policy Audit to Align Community College Finance with State Policy Goals. Presentation to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 2, 2006
Higher Education Performance in California: The Gaps Must be Closed. Presentation to the conference on Policy Challenges Facing California Higher Education, October 17, 2006.
Shared Solutions: A Framework for Discussing California Higher Education Finance. Presentation to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 16, 2005
State Policy Issues Concerning Graduate Education and Research. Testimony to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, October 18, 2005
Meeting California's Higher Education Needs: Challenges and Prospects. Presentation to the Campaign for College Opportunity, August 8, 2005
Highlights of Institute's Reports, (1) Variations on a Theme and (2) Shared Solutions. Testimony to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, June 22, 2005
Suggestions for Addressing California's Higher Education Challenges. Testimony to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, March 1, 2005
Problems and Challenges Facing California Higher Education. Testimony to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, February 22, 2005
Accountability in Higher Education: Where California Is (or Isn't). Presentation to the Community College League of California, January 30, 2005
Accountability for State Policy Purposes: A Different Focus. Presentation to the California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR), November 18, 2004
Testimony submitted to the California Performance Review Commission, September, 2004
Testimony submitted to the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education, May 2004
Funding Adult Education: Does California Put the Money Where the Needs Are? Presentation to the Assembly Select Committee on Adult Education, February 25, 2004
State Financing of Higher Education: Policy Implications. Presentation to the Community College Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI), February 13, 2004
A Fundamentally New Approach to Accountability: Putting State Policy Issues First. Presentation to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 13, 2003
A Proposed Accountability Framework for California Higher Education: Putting State Policy Issues First. Presentation to Senator Dede Alpert's accountability symposium, November 4, 2003
Improving Outcomes for California's Minority Students: Can and Increased Role for the Community Colleges in Teacher Preparation be Part of the Answer? Presentation to the Harvard Civil Rights Project, October 23, 2003
Recommendations from Commissioned Report: "An Accountability Framework for California Higher Education: Informing Public Policy and Improving Outcomes".Presentation to Senator Dede Alpert's accountability
symposium,January 22, 2003