Interim Evaluation of Community College Basic Skills Transformation Grants

Dec 5, 2019 - Some colleges indicated to us that they used their one ‑time grant funds to hire additional support staff, with the goal of making some support services (such as tutoring) more accessible for students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4120

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU administrators shared with us that implementing GI 2025 helped shift the expectation of graduation from being the sole responsibility of the student to being the joint responsibility of the student and institution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - (The administration proposes similar trailer bill language for the University of California [UC] and California Community Colleges, but neith er of these segments has expressed particular interest to us in this flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - Findings This section describes several key components of data that Chapter  22 required us to review. As we were required to examine county –level data, we provide most of this data in the appendix, with a few summary figures provided below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532

The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - In correspondence with us, the administration indicates that the Collaborative might develop a handful of pathways —potentially in areas such as teaching, engineering, and accounting. (The Governor ’s budget package funds two other pieces of the Fresno DRIVE plan —an economic development initiative focusing on agriculture and a second human capital initiative, which focuses on expanding medical school capacity in the region.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4199

The 2020-21 Budget: Medical Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Similar to the provisional language for the Riverside augmentation, provisional language for this augmentation states the funds shall supplement and not supplant existing funds provided by UC for the Fresno branch camp us.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4166

The 2019-20 Budget: Community College Student Success Awareness Initiative

Apr 25, 2019 - In recent conversations with us, the Chancellor ’s Office has articulated a couple of challenges related to its marketing campaigns. First, the variation across colleges in how they have implemented the College Promise program has led to a lack of clarity regarding students ’ financial aid options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4017

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - For Merced specifically, staff noted to us in a discussion during the fall that the campus already has relatively high debt service levels following the completion of the Merced 2020 p roject. Planning Phases Are Costlier Than Is Typical.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Some providers indicated to us that it took DPH upwards of a year (four times longer than specified in regulations) to approve their training programs and upwards of six months (two months longer than specif ied in regulations) for their students to receive their certifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program

Dec 19, 2017 - Similarly, many of the students we interviewed told us they are unable or unwilling to relocate due to family or other obligations. Many of these students indicated they never expected to pursue a bachelor ’s degree until their local community college began offering one.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3722