Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - Trends in Higher Education: Student Access Introduction This brief is the first of a new six-part analytical series focused on higher education trends. Each part of the series hones in on a major area of higher education, beginning with student access, followed by college affordability, student outcomes, finance, faculty and staff, and facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

Trends in Higher Education [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2025 - The series has two main objectives. The first is to help legislators, staff, and the general public track many of the key changes that higher education has undergone over the past few decades. The second is to help legislators better navigate the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5071

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - We cover California Volunteers, housed within the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement, in the “ Other Provisions ” post of our Spending Plan series. California State Library California State Library ’s Operational Funding Is Adjusted in Various Ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2025 - This post summarizes the state’s 2025-26 spending package for higher education. It is part of our Spending Plan series. In this post, we provide an overview of the state’s higher education spending package, then cover spending for the California Community Colleges (CCC), California State University (CSU), University of California (UC), student financial aid, and California State Library.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5089

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The task force developed a series of recommendations for improving CTE in several key areas, including funding, regional coordination, outcomes data, curriculum, and faculty. In fall 2015, the Board of Govern ors adopted the task force ’s recommendations and requested a $200  million ongoing systemwide augmentation to implement them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Trends in Higher Education: Facilities [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2025 - This is the final brief of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on higher education facilities. The brief includes key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5037

Trends in Higher Education: Faculty and Staff [Publication Details]

Dec 4, 2024 - This brief is the fifth of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on the higher education workforce and how it has changed over time. The brief tracks changes in the number of faculty and staff, their demographic composition, compensation, recruitment, and retention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4944

Trends in Higher Education: College Affordability [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2024 - This brief is the second of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The second brief focuses on college affordability. It covers changes in cost of attendance and student financial aid over the past few decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4884

The 2021-22 Budget: UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Feb 26, 2021 - In 2012, UC undertook a series of changes to the way it allocated funds to its campuses and divisions, including ANR. Under the new funding model, UC allocated all state General Fund to campuses and charged campuses back an assessment to support central services and programs (UCOP; ANR; and UCPath, the university ’s systemwide payroll and human resources program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4391

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2024 - This brief is the first of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The first brief focuses on student access. It covers changes in student demographics, admissions, and enrollment levels, among other trends, over the past few decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4828