Research Reports
(All reports are provided in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.)Closing the Gap: Meeting California’s Gap for College Graduates PPIC - April 13
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2008
Measuring Up 2008 – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education – December 2008
Californians & Higher Education -- Public Policy Institute of California –November 08
Legislative Analyst's Office Supplemental Budget Report --September 08
California Community College Faculty Profiles - July 08
CA Postsecondary Education Commission Report: Who Can Afford It? How Rising Costs are Making College Unaffordable for Working Families - June 08
2007LAO Forecast Predicts $8 Billion Shortfall in 2008-09
California Community Colleges System Office Analysis of Transfer Rates | PDF
PPIC Report on Higher Education (October 2007) | PDF
2008-09 Budget Chance Proposal (BCP) | System Office - September 2007
Joint Budget Conference Committee Deliberations on Community Colleges - May 2007
CA Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) Report: Educational Attainment of Population - May 2007
CPEC Report: Per Capita Income by Educational Attainment - May 2007
CalSTRS Policy Report: Health Care Coverage Worsens for Retired Educators Uncertain Coverage Spells an Uncertain Retirement - May 2007
Public Policy Institute of California Report: Can California Import Enough College Graduates to Meet Workforce Needs? - May 2007
California Budget Project Report: Slouching Toward the May Revision
Exposing the Textbook Industry: How Publishers' Pricing Tactics Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks (Student Public Interest Research Groups)
Basic Skills and Student Success in California Community Colleges
Rules of the Game: How State Policy Creates Barriers to Degree Completion
and Impedes Student Success in the California Community Colleges
A report by Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore, Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & PolicySenate Office of Research Comparison of Schwarzenegger, Perata and Nuñez Health Care Proposals
Analyses by Senator Sheila Kuehl: Benefits of Single-Payer Health Care System
California Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Success in Higher Education
How Latino Students Pay for College
2006
California's Community College Students | PDF | PPIC Report- November 2006
Annual Study Finds Remedial Students at 2-Year Colleges Work Harder Than Their Peers | Chronicle of Higher Education
Special Presentation by Former Congressman (R - WI) Steve Gunderson: The Workforce of the 21st Century (PDF)
Addendum: Impacts of Student Fee Increase and Budget Changes on Enrollment in the California Community Colleges | Analysis of Fee Increase from $18 to $26 per unit
LAO Report: Is Community College Enrollment Funding Keeping Pace With Demand?
LAO Recommendation for a Community College Fee Policy
LAO Report: How Do Student Fees Contribute to Community College Funding?
2005
Workgroup on 75/25 Issues | Report and Recommendations (PDF)
Public Policy Institute of CA (PPIC) Report: California 2025 - It's Your Choice (PDF)
California Community College Access & Equity Policy Brief -- California Tomorrow
Educational Resources and Outcomes in California
by Race and Ethnicity (PDF) - Public Policy Institute of California
2004
The Legislative Analyst's Office Issues Report - California's Fiscal Outlook: LAO Projections, 2004-05 through 2009-10
College Board Annual Report: Trends in College Pricing 2004
Report of the Workgroup on Community College Finance Community College League of California
Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education (PDF)
California's Growing Latino Workforce
Special Report: Boom, Bust and BeyondKeeping America's Promise
(A joint project of the Education Commission of the State and the League
for Innovations in the Community College, August 2004)Ensuring Access with Quality to California's Community Colleges
(Prepared for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
By The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
May, 2004)Special Survey on the California State Budget
(Public Policy Institute of California, May 2004)From Jobs to Careers: How California Community College Credentials Pay Off for Welfare Participants (Clasp, May 2004)
The Compositon of Staff in California's Community Colleges, 1994-2002
(California Research Bureau, January 2004)Financing California’s Community Colleges
(Public Policy Institute of California, 2004)
2003
California’s Newest Immigrants
(Public Policy Institute of California, November 2003)
2002
High-Growth Industries and Highly-Educated Workers in California
(California Research Bureau, November 2002)The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings
(U.S. Census Bureau, July 2002)
2001
Report on Part-Time Faculty Compensation in California Community Colleges
(CPEC, April 2001)
2000
State Funding for Community Colleges: A 50-State Survey
(Center for Community College Policy Education Commission of the States, November 2000)California Community Colleges, Poor Oversight by the Chancellor’s Office Allows Districts to Incorrectly Report Their Level of Spending on Instructor Salaries
(California State Auditor, October 2000)Part-Time Faculty Are Compensated Less Than Full-Time Faculty for Teaching Activities
(California State Auditor, June 2000)A Coordinated Approach to Raising the Socio-Economic Status of Latinos in California
(California Research Bureau, March 2000 )
1999
Latinos and Economic Development in California
(California Research Bureau, June 1999)