Trends in Higher Education: Student Outcomes [Publication Details]

Apr 18, 2024 - This brief is the third of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The third brief focuses on student outcomes and how they have changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4895

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - Though the state has been focused more on improving outcomes of the other segments and has tended not to fund specific student success initiatives at UC, the Legislature may wish to address UC ’s achievement gaps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Course success rates vary by instructional modality among incarcerated students. Figure  6 shows that success rates are consistently lower for students in correspondence courses. In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

California Community Colleges: A Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012 [Publication Details]

Jul 1, 2014 - California Community Colleges: A Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012 [Publication Details] California Community Colleges: A Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012 Format: HTML Description: The Legislature passed the Student Success Act of 2012 in an effort to improve student outcomes at the California Community Colleges (CCC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3044

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Budget Funds Continuing CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College Advanced transportation and manufacturing building replacement C Career technical education building replacement C Center for Student Success replacement C Gymnasium and locker room replacement C Long Beach (Liberal Arts Campus) Building B replacement Music Art
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

Sep 22, 2016 - Require Chancellor ’s Office to Produce a Special Three –Year Student Success Scorecard. As noted earlier, the current Student Success Scorecard does not measure performance for a cohort of students until six years after initial enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3500

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - Rather than funding another round of generous awards to a small number of colleges, we believe the state should focus on ensuring that existing CCC student success programs are implemented effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3559

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - From the three media campaigns, SIB learned that the targeted high school campaign had the most success as it led to a 63  percent increase in the number of accounts claimed by high school seniors from February 2024 to May 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Under SCFF, districts receive apportionment funding for regular credit courses based on three components: (1)  a base allocation linked to  enrollment, (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts, and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2016-17 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 26, 2016 - Cal –PASS Plus —California Partnership for the Achievement of Student Success. Enables collection, analysis, and sharing of student data to track student performance and improve student success from elementary school through university.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3372