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Fuller, Ryan – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
The cost of attending the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) has increased in recent years as UC and CSU have raised fees in response to reduced state funding. Fees are generally lower than fees at public universities in other states, but with California's higher living costs, the overall cost of attendance at UC…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, State Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Costs
Ko, Moon Suk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to add to the literature on college student satisfaction. More specifically, expanding research of empirical studies set in multi-campus systems. This was accomplished by examining the influences of academic engagement factors and comparing demographic group differences related to college student satisfaction. Factor…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Interaction, Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Woolfork, Kevin – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
On May 14, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released the May Revision to the proposed budget for the current year (2009-10) and budget year (2010-11). State finances have continued a three-year decline, with anticipated General Fund spending of $83 billion, their lowest in six years. To address the budget shortfall, the Governor proposes major…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Social Services, Budgets, Financial Support
Smith, Candace Madonna – ProQuest LLC, 2010
During the past 2 decades the provision of basic education courses in public 4-year universities has been scrutinized and debated by state officials, higher education executives, educators and the public. This cross-sectional study examined academic and psychosocial characteristics of entering fall 2008 students in relation to their persistence at…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Characteristics, Adult Basic Education, State Colleges
Fuller, Ryan – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
Fees at California's public colleges and universities have increased in the past two decades, but are still lower than fees at comparable institutions in other states. Fees for full-time undergraduate students at the University of California (UC) were $8,027 in 2008-09 and fees at California State University (CSU) were $3,849. Fees are likely to…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Fees
Fain, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The California State University campus at Long Beach graduated 8,720 students last month. Each one got the opportunity to walk the stage, and F. King Alexander, the university's president, shook every hand. California State at Long Beach has made graduating a greater number of its 38,000 students its top priority. The slogan "Graduation…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Regional Schools, School Holding Power, Change Agents
Drozdowski, Mark J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
One may be surprised to learn that the author's institution, a small state college in Massachusetts, has a significant alumni population in and around Los Angeles. In fact, while they do not have an alumni chapter in Boston, they do have one in Los Angeles. The reason is that one of their most popular majors is communications media. They pump out…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Graduates, Films, Urban Schools
Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2011
The fundamental asset of a university is its faculty. Without faculty working with students, the university is just a set of buildings. The faculty design and teach the courses, keep the educational program updated, and work with students to help them gain the skills and knowledge they need to prepare for their careers or professional education.…
Descriptors: Productivity, Civil Rights, Job Satisfaction, Teaching Load
Thornburg, Barry S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines the impact and significance of the New Left on the conservative campus and community of California State College, Fullerton (CSF) during the 1960s and early 1970s. Built to meet the demands of the Baby Boom after World War II, CSF became the latest in a series of California State campus expansions in 1959-1960.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, State Colleges, War, Baby Boomers
Jones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) significantly increases federal tax credits for people who pay for college education. For many families, these tax credits will offset most of the recent fee increases at University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and the community colleges. Some students will likely be…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Credits, Paying for College, Fees
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Spence, David – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2009
Greater attention to the college and career readiness problem by state leaders and policymakers could drastically boost the numbers and percentages of students who graduate from high school ready for college and career study. This chapter traces the author's work in developing California State University's Early Assessment Program, an initiative…
Descriptors: State Schools, State Colleges, Community Colleges, College Preparation
Woolfork, Kevin – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
With the failure of most of the May 19 ballot measures, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has released additional proposed revisions to the current year (2008-09) and budget year (2009-10) state spending plans. The Governor and Legislature adopted an 18-month spending plan in late February, but that budget now has a $24 billion deficit. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Budgets, State Legislation, State Government
Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2012
In an effort to inform preschool policy in California, an interdisciplinary team of RAND researchers conducted a multiyear study of preschool education known as the California Preschool Study. One of the recommendations from that study was the need for a more in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of the early care and education (ECE) workforce…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education
Pelfrey, Patricia A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2008
The 2005-6 executive compensation controversy at the University of California has been explained as the result of a massive breach of compliance with the University's compensation policies by the Office of the President (UCOP). For more than a decade, the explanation goes, UCOP failed to comply with its own compensation policies, embodied in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, College Presidents, Administrator Role, Compensation (Remuneration)
Nance, Molly – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2008
From November 6, 1968, to March 21, 1969, the Black Student Union and the Third World Liberation Front led a strike to demand San Francisco State College--now called San Francisco State University (SFSU)--admit and enroll more students of color, hire more minority faculty, and create a School of Ethnic Studies. The strike made an enormous impact…
Descriptors: Strikes, African American Students, Ethnic Studies, State Colleges
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