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Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy (IHELP)
The mission of the Institute is to enhance leadership and policy for higher education in
California and the nation through research and services for 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. The Institute is a non-profit organization privately funded through grants and contracts.
Recent Publications |
NEW!! State and System Policies Related to Career Technical Education: Faculty Issues - a Working Paper
February 2013
This IHELP working paper examines policies that relate to CTE faculty issues in the California Community Colleges. There are numerous state policies and regulations that govern employment of faculty and the use of faculty resources in the community colleges,
including those related to minimum qualifications, the rights of faculty employees, professional development, and calculation and compensation of faculty workload. Generally, these policies apply across the board to faculty in CTE and in the liberal arts and sciences. The question raised in this paper is whether CTE faculty roles, responsibilities, and circumstances differ sufficiently from those of liberal arts and sciences faculty to warrant different policies.
NEW!! State and System Policies Related to Career Technical Education: Program Structure and Delivery - a Working Paper
February 2013
IHELP has been engaged in a four-part research project on Career and Technical Education (CTE) in the California Community Colleges. The project is aimed at identifying ways that state and system policy can best support the CTE mission so that colleges can be more effective in helping students earn credentials of value in the workplace and helping employers and industries in their regions obtain a skilled workforce. As part of this project, we have identified a number of problems that we believe could be addressed with selective changes to state laws and regulations. This IHELP working paper examines policies that affect how well degree and certificate programs offered by the colleges are designed to provide students the skills and competencies necessary for them to succeed in the workplace. This paper examines policies related to (1) systemwide skill and competency standards, (2) basic skills proficiency for CTE and (3) program scheduling and delivery.
State and System Policies Related to Career Technical Education: High School to Community College to Workplace Pathways - a Working Paper
January 2013
IHELP has been engaged in a four-part research project on Career and Technical Education (CTE) in the California Community Colleges. The project is aimed at identifying ways that state and system policy can best support the CTE mission so that colleges can be more effective in helping students earn credentials of value in the workplace and helping employers and industries in their regions obtain a skilled workforce. As part of this project, we have identified a number of problems that we believe could be addressed with selective changes to state laws and regulations. This IHELP working paper examines policies that relate to (1) high school/community college counseling, (2) career pathways from high school to community college, (3) work-based learning, employer engagement and apprenticeships and (4) pathways from noncredit to credit. We identify several problems, examine laws and regulations related to those problems, and offer suggested policy changes to address them.
State and System Policies Related to Career Technical Education: Accountability - a Working Paper
January 2013
This IHELP working paper examines policies that relate to accountability in the California Community Colleges, specifically within the CTE mission. Accountability for student outcomes in community colleges is complicated due to the fact that students enroll for a variety of reasons not often collected or maintained by current data systems. Accountability within the CTE mission is even more complicated because students may meet their career advancement or certification goals without earning a certificate or degree. In this paper, we identify several problems related to accountability, examine laws and regulations related to those problems, and offer suggested policy changes to address them.
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In the Higher Education Policy Community
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Key Issues Facing California
Higher Education
Presented to Assembly Committee on Higher Education, February 19, 2013
On Balance: Case Study of Effective Coordination: Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges An Organizational Perspective
Presented to SBCTC, February 6, 2013
Enhancing Community College
Career Pathways Through Policy Change
Presented at
University of California, Davis, January 11, 2013
Enhancing Community College
Career Pathways Through Policy Change
Presented at the Campaign for College Opportunity's Capitol Briefing,
November 13, 2012
Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda
Presented at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's Legislative Advisory Committee meeting, September 11, 2012
UC ACCORD Success Conditions: Indicators and Metrics
Presented at the
UC/ACCORD convening, June 29, 2012
How Does Policy Affect
the Operation of CTE Programs
in the California Community Colleges?
Presented
to the Vocational Research and Accountability Committee, May 4, 2012
Community College Student Success: Challenges and New Priorities
Presented to the California Collaborative on District Reform, March 26, 2012
California Community College Career Technical Education and the Student Success Agenda
Presented at the California Community College Association for Occupational Education Spring Conference, March 21, 2012
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In the News
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Associate Degree for Transfer program aids CSU
San Francisco Chronicle, February 20, 2013
Teach for America’s hidden curriculum
Salon, February 17, 2013
Study examines California Latino students' involvement in higher education
Hispanically Speaking News, March 16, 2012
California Community Colleges look for new leader amid deep challenges
Inside Higher Ed, March 14, 2012
Rationalizing Rationing:
California schools may need to do less with less
University Business, February 2012
Students can't get passed math
Thoughts on Public Education, February 10, 2012
California community colleges prepare to ration their offerings
Sacramento Bee, January 29, 2012
Remaking Community Colleges
Thoughts on Public Education, December 8, 2011
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