California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2017 - In this report, we assess the effects of recent changes in state funding rates on California Community Colleges (CCC) noncredit courses, and recommend that the Legislature explore four key issues moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3635

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - The proposal would have provided $25  million in one ‑time funding for a new round of awards using a similar application process. The proposal differed from the 2014 ‑15 program, however, in that it would have (1)  narrowed the priorities to focus only on improving four ‑year graduation rates and (2)  provided awards only to CSU campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3559

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - As a result, the time limits do not necessarily correspond to length of the calendar or academic year. A student could use up their program eligibility in less than four years if they enroll in summer term, whereas a student taking a part time schedule could use up their eligibility in eight years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - This shall include consideration of 5 – to 10 –year projections of the college –age population and public high school graduates. It also shall include consideration of data, for the most recent year available, on college preparedness, including the number and share of high school graduates completing the “ A –G ” admissions requirements and the number and share of transfer –prepared community college students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532/1

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - Because 2023 –24 is projected to be the peak of the forecast period, we focus on growth through that year. We assume students graduating high school in spring 2024 enroll at UC and CSU as freshmen for the 2024 –25 academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity [Publication Details]

Jan 19, 2017 - We project university enrollment over the next eight years based on existing state policy and growth in the state's public high school graduates. In 2024-25, we project UC will enroll 11,000 more resident students (5 percent) than in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3532

Evaluation of CSU's Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Program

Jan 5, 2017 - –granting programs (including UC ’s schools of nursing) and (2) previous attempts to develop joint CSU/UC doctoral programs in nursing “were unsuccessful. ” The committee also noted that launching a Ph.D. program at CSU would require “significant growth ” within nursing schools to boost research productivity among current faculty members and secure external funding to support that research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3521

California Community Colleges: Evaluation of Intersession Extension Pilot Program

Dec 14, 2016 - LBCC ’s experience suggests that extension programs could somewhat improve course access at other colleges during tight budget years while addressing concerns about equitable access and affordability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3515

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - In recent years, the Military Department has spent 92  percent or more of the budgeted appropriation for the program. A small amount goes unspent because some awards do not get paid in certain circumstances, such as when a student drops out of school prior to the end of the “add/drop ” period for courses at that school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501

California Community Colleges: Second Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012

Sep 22, 2016 - Over the past two years, the state has taken notable actions to improve basic skills instruction. In the 2015 –16 budget, the Legislature funded two competitive, one –time basic skills grant programs to transform how community colleges (in collaboration with public schools and universities) provide basic skills instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3500