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Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans; Perez, Cesar Alesi – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California's community colleges began implementing Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) in fall 2019, making major assessment and placement reforms that moved students away from remedial prerequisites for English and math and into transfer-level courses. This report examines the progress colleges and students have made in shifting toward transfer-level…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Required Courses, Equal Education, COVID-19
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans; Perez, Cesar Alesi – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California's community colleges began implementing Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) in fall 2019, making major assessment and placement reforms that moved students away from remedial prerequisites for English and math and into transfer-level courses. In the full report, the authors examine the progress colleges and students have made in shifting toward…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Required Courses, Equal Education, COVID-19
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans; Perez, Cesar Alesi – Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
California's AB 705 required community colleges to implement changes that would maximize students' likelihood of starting and completing transfer-level (or degree-appropriate) coursework in English and math/quantitative reasoning within one year. Under the law, colleges must use high school information (e.g., GPA, coursework, and/or grades in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics, College Transfer Students
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans; Perez, Cesar Alesi – Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
This document contains the technical appendices for the report "Community College Math in California's New Era of Student Access." Appendices include: (1) Data; (2) Figures and Tables; (3) Qualitative Interview Analysis; (4) Interrupted Time Series Analysis; (5) Corequisite Remediation Analysis; and (6) What happened to students who…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics, College Transfer Students
Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
California enrolls a much larger share of students in community college than other states; ensuring more of these students transfer to four-year institutions can strengthen the economic security of California workers. This transfer role is especially important for low-income students, first-generation college students, and students from…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Paying for College, Transfer Policy
Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
This document includes two technical appendices that accompany the full report, "Increasing Community College Transfers: Progress and Barriers." The two appendixes include: (1) Data and Methods; and (2) Figures and Tables. [For the full report, "Increasing Community College Transfers: Progress and Barriers," see ED608004.]
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Transfer Rates (College), Enrollment
Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
Higher education could be one of California's most effective tools for combating economic and social inequities. College graduates experience large wage gains and their jobs offer more benefits than those of workers without bachelor's degrees. College graduates are also relatively insulated from recessions--including the current downturn--and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Opportunities, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees
Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
This is the technical appendices for the report, "Higher Education and Economic Opportunity in California." Lower rates of college access and completion among Latinos, African Americans, and low-income Californians exacerbate the state's economic divide and puts California further behind in meeting its workforce needs. And even though a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Opportunities, Undergraduate Students, Minority Group Students
Johnson, Hans; Bohn, Sarah; Cook, Kevin; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Jackson, Jacob; Lee, Courtney; McConville, Shannon; Murphy, Patrick; Rodriguez, Olga – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
Higher education is a key driver of economic growth and individual opportunity in California. But the state has not been keeping up with a strong and growing demand for skilled workers. Recent investments and initiatives have helped increase enrollment, graduation rates, and the number of degrees awarded. Substantial gains in these…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Trends, Access to Education, Graduation Rate
Rodriguez, Olga; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
A solid majority of California's future college-age population will come from demographic groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education--including Latinos, African Americans, and those who are low income or the first in their families to go to college. PPIC research has shown that this demographic shift could make it more…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Disproportionate Representation, College Students, Minority Group Students
Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
California's higher education system has three public segments: the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges. It also includes more than 150 private nonprofit colleges and about 160 for-profit institutions. In total, the state's colleges and universities enroll almost three million…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Community Colleges, Private Colleges
Johnson, Hans; Bohn, Sarah; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
A skilled workforce is key to a thriving California economy. Strong and growing demand for highly educated workers has been a hallmark of the state's economy for decades, and forecasts show this demand continuing into the future. If current trends continue, about 40 percent of jobs in California will require at least a bachelor's degree by 2030.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Supply and Demand, College Graduates
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
Until recently, the vast majority of students, entering California community colleges were placed in developmental courses, and relatively few went on to complete transfer-level courses in English and math. Several colleges responded to this longstanding challenge by experimenting with placement and curricular reforms. In 2017, new legislation (AB…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, State Legislation, Student Placement
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
This document is intended to be a companion piece for a report entitled "What Happens When Colleges Broaden Access to Transfer-Level Courses? Evidence from California's Community Colleges." It contains the technical appendices as follows: (1) College Profiles; (2) Additional Insights from our Interviews; (3) Data and Methods; (4) Caveat…
Descriptors: Courses, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Placement
Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Rodriguez, Olga; Johnson, Hans; Brooks, Bonnie – Public Policy Institute of California, 2018
California's community colleges are in the midst of numerous reforms to improve developmental (also known as remedial or basic skills) education. Developmental education is supposed to help prepare students for college work, but it has long been an obstacle to student success: most students in developmental courses never go on to complete a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction
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