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 2011-12 Budget: California Community College Fees [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2011 - While the Governor is on the right track, the Legislature might consider going even further in the budget year to tap additional federal dollars in support of the CCC system. In future years, we recommend the Legislature ensure that CCC fee levels are pegged to the maximum amount covered by federal tax credits .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2415

Higher Education Admissions and Enrollment [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Although the Governor proposes no new funding for enrollment growth at UC and CSU, we find that both universities have unused enrollment funding in their base budgets that would permit them to enroll more students in 2004-05 than in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1131

Improving State Nursing Programs: Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce [Publication Details]

May 29, 2007 - Improving State Nursing Programs: Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce [Publication Details] Improving State Nursing Programs: Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce Format: HTML Description: In recent years, the number of registered nurses in the state has not kept up with demand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1663

CCC Enrollment Funding [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - CCC Enrollment Funding [Publication Details] HTML Description: Enrollment at the California Community Colleges (CCC) has been declining over the past several years. At the same time, CCC’s budget has been increased annually to accommodate enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1604

Faculty Recruiting and Retention at the University of California [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2012 - We find that (1) UC has been hiring candidates who have received their highest degree from some of the most selective universities in the nation, (2) UC has a long history of hiring its top choice faculty candidates, (3) most new entry-level faculty stay at UC long enough to earn tenure, (4) less than 2 percent of faculty resign from UC each year, and (5) UC’s faculty compensation is competitive with other top universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2675

The 2012-13 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's Higher Education Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2012 - At the same time, it generally maintains or augments funding for the public colleges and universities in 2012-13; reduces budgetary controls on their spending; and commits to annual funding increases in subsequent years, contingent on their meeting undefined performance targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2558

Streamlining State Financial Aid: Report on Cal Grant Alternative Delivery Pilot [Publication Details]

Dec 5, 2011 - The CSAC developed regulations for the pilot in time for the 2010-11 academic year. No campuses volunteered to participate, however, due to cumbersome program requirements. This report provides background on the existing delivery model for financial aid programs; describes recent proposals for alternative delivery models; and chronicles the development, implementation, and outcomes of the pilot program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2547

Reforming the State's Transfer Process: A Progress Report on Senate Bill 1440 [Publication Details]

May 11, 2012 - The legislation requires community colleges to create two-year associate degrees for transfer. Students who earn such a degree are automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system as an upper-division (junior) student in a bachelor’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2631

Webcast: Public Retirement Benefits, Options for the Future [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2011 - Webcast: Public Retirement Benefits, Options for the Future [Publication Details] Video Description: In this 15-minute video, LAO State Finance Director Jason Sisney describes why public employee retirement costs have risen substantially in recent years for California governments and the Legislature's options for creating new types of retirement benefits for future state and local employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2443