State Policy Briefing: The CSU Crisis and California's Future
At this event, leading scholars present research findings on the impact of fiscal cutbacks on opportunity for higher education in the California State University system. CSUs educate a greater number of Latino and African American students, enroll a much larger undergraduate student body than the University of California system overall, and many CSU students are first-generation college students struggling to get an education in difficult times. Representatives from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, California Senate, and Postsecondary Education Commission respond to the researchers and open the discussion to attendees.
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Jun 15, 2011 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM |
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DATE: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
LOCATION: UC Center Sacramento
Large Conference Room (LL3) - (located in basement of building)
1130 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
PRESENTERS:
Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield, Co-Directors, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
Kimberly King, Assistant Professor, California State University, Los Angeles
RESPONDENTS:
Steve D. Boilard, Director of Higher Education, Legislative Analyst's Office
Kathleen Chavira, Principal Consultant, CA State Senate, Education Committee
Stacy Wilson, Senior Researcher, California Postsecondary Education Commission
At this event, Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield, Co-Directors, The Civil Rights
Project at UCLA and Kimberly King, Assistant Professor, California State
University, Los Angeles, presented findings present research findings of the series, The CSU Crisis and California's Future, designed to analyze the impact of fiscal cutbacks on opportunity for higher education in the California State University system (see article on the research series in Diverse Issues in Higher Education at http://diverseeducation.com/article/15728/). ,
CSUs educate a greater number of Latino and African American students, enroll a much larger undergraduate student body than the University of California system overall, and many CSU students are first-generation college students struggling to get an education in difficult times. Representatives from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, California Senate, and Postsecondary Education Commission open the discussion of:
- Impact to students and future of the State: students are struggling to finish college as tuition soars, class offerings shrink, and families are devastated by the economic turndown. This situation impacts college opportunity and threatens California’s college graduation needs.
- Improving access by removing barriers to CSU education: reductions in outreach and recruitment department will be felt mainly by Latino and African American students, impeding their educational progress. Policies and procedures surrounding academically underprepared students are impacting success and retention rates.
- Meeting the financial needs of aid-eligible students: college affordability in California is at risk and particularly impacted are Latino and African American students. More students need paid employment to pay college costs, which ultimately impacts retention and graduation rates.
- Understanding the impact to CSU faculty and staff: faculty and staff are experiencing increased workloads, larger class sizes, reductions in resources and salaries, and have less time available for students and projects.
To download an audio podcast of the June 15 policy briefing
recorded in conjunction with Policy Analysis for California Education, click here. Video of the event is available at The California Channel.
For more information about this research, please see A Note on the Series
