The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up? February, 2009
This report is the third in a series of reports analyzing the performance of California higher education in the areas of preparation, participation, completion, affordability, and benefits. It presents data related to these categories of performance by region and by race/ethnicity, and discusses key issues and policy recommendations for each category. It also describes California's performance relative to other states as presented in the National Center's Measuring Up 2008 report card. See the regional performance profiles.

The Grades are In - 2006: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up? October 2006
This report is the second in a series of reports analyzing the performance of California higher education in the areas of preparation, participation, completion, affordability and benefits. It presents data related to these categories of performance by region and by race/ethnicity.

The Grades are In - 2004: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up? June 2005
This report analyzes California's performance on the 50-state report card called Measuring Up. It includes discussion of the state's score in each of the five categories of performance, and presents a breakdown of related data by region and by race/ethnicity.

Facing Reality: California Needs a Statewide Agenda to Improve Higher Education Outcomes, October 2004
This report examines seven states that share California's high rates of growth and demographic change to see what California can learn about how to improve access to and success in postsecondary education.

California Higher Education:
Performance, Policy, and
Prognostications
Presented to the University of California Office of the President, October 22, 2009

The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up?
Presentation to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, March 3, 2009

The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up?
Presentation to a briefing sponsored by the Campaign for College Opportunity, February 26, 2009

Higher Education Performance in California: The Gaps Must be Closed
Presentation to conference on Policy Challenges Facing California Higher Education, October 17, 2006

Highlights of Institute's Reports, (1) The Grades are In - 2004 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

Testimony to the California Performance Review Commission, September 9, 2004