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

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 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To date, the administration has not provided us with the details of this proposal. Early Action Proposals. The Governor proposes over a dozen proposals costing $7.8  billion that he is asking the Legislature to pass in the early spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309