Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Degrees of Value: Strengthening College ROI Across California. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. What would it take to ensure college pays off for everyone? Higher education remains a strong investment, but its economic return is not shared equally, leaving too many Californians struggling to tra...

College is a stronger investment than stocks, bonds, or gold. But not everyone experiences the same return. California Competes's 3/31 webinar, in partnership with @CollegeFutures & @stradaeducation, examines new research on ROI differences across CA: tinyurl.com/degrees-of-v...

Untapped Opportunity: Strengthening College Pathways for Bay Area Parents of Young Children | California Competes Making the needs of these parents visible to fuel multigenerational opportunity and inclusive economic growth

100K+ Bay Area parents want to go to college but face childcare barriers that keep them from enrolling. California Competes's new report reveals opportunities to strengthen college pathways and fuel multigenerational success & economic strength ➡️ tinyurl.com/bay-area-unt...

Designed Together: Creating Educational Pathways with and for Communities | California Competes Explore lessons learned from a community-centered approach used in East San José to create college programs that align with local residents’ and workforce needs.

Colleges can better serve local communities by designing with them, not just for them. 🤝

A new brief from @CalCompetes shares insights from a community-centered approach to designing college pathways: californiacompetes.org/resources/de...
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We're hiring! Seeking early-career PhD researcher with strong project management skills in Oakland CA. Learn more and apply at californiacompetes.org/careers/rese...

Degrees of Value: Exploring How College ROI in California Differs by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex | California Competes College remains one of the most reliable paths to upward mobility, but its economic return isn’t shared equally. New research finds that the return on investment in higher education differs along line...

📈 College remains a strong investment, but for some more than others. New research from @calcompetes.bsky.social, in partnership with @collegefutures.bsky.social & @stradaeducation.bsky.social, finds race, ethnicity & sex all shape students' college payoffs: californiacompetes.org/resources/de...

Judge Rules Harvard Funding Freeze Illegal A federal judge said the Trump administration violated the institution's First Amendment rights when it froze billions of dollars in research grants.

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Media, Press, and Newsletters | California Competes Our diverse team of experts are available to provide commentary and analysis for the media covering higher education and workforce issues in California.

CA’s 1960 Master Plan was groundbreaking for its time but it no longer meets the moment. How can the state respond?

🎧 Listen to @CalCompetes Degrees of Change: californiacompetes.org/podcast/
📰 Read the op-ed: edsource.org/2025/student-centered-higher-education/738659

Don’t Destroy Institute of Education Sciences, Rebuild It With Students in Mind Voight: Federal data is essential for understanding what’s working and what isn’t in education. The administration's cuts carry real consequences.

Great read!

Don’t Destroy Institute of Education Sciences, Rebuild It With Students in Mind www.the74million.org/article/dont...

Stand Up for UC We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.

As a proud two-time UC grad, I know @UCLA is a global leader in research, innovation, education, and healthcare. A $1B federal demand would devastate the nation’s top public research university, cut off life-saving care, and halt economic growth. #StandUpForUC ucal.us/standupforuc

Not me personally, but yes, my organization.

Media, Press, and Newsletters | California Competes Our diverse team of experts are available to provide commentary and analysis for the media covering higher education and workforce issues in California.

I’m excited to share Degrees of Change, a new podcast hosted by Dr. Su Jin Jez of California Competes, where leaders discuss how to transform the future of higher education and work in California. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: californiacompetes.org/podcast/

📢 Calling all faculty, staff, advocates, and student parents! Join The California Alliance for Student Parent Success for two upcoming webinars spotlighting how UC and CSU are supporting #parenting #students.

🗓️ June 10 + June 18

castudentparentalliance.org/events/

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Designing a Master Plan for Tomorrow: 65 Years of Lessons, a Future of Shared Prosperity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi... California’s 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education was groundbreaking for its time, serving as a blueprint for higher education systems across the country and guiding decades of opportunities througho...

65 years after CA’s Master Plan revolutionized higher education, it's time for a reset. Join @CalCompetes and @CRPatUCLA on May 19 to explore what a modern plan should look like for today's students. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F

Got five minutes? You can fight politicization of public services
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Letters: In Congress’ absence, citizens must lead resistance Also: Adoptee rights | Trans athletes | Democrats’ hypocrisy | Due process. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for May 7, 2025.

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My letter to the editor supporting higher education was published today. Thanks to @ucs.org for tips in last month’s webinar.

ERICA to the Rescue! ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

ERICA to the Rescue! Read about our volunteer efforts to rescue & revive ERIC, Dept of Ed's research repository. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the... Thanks to crizzo, @archive.org & @safeguardingdata.bsky.social for all of the hard work. Check out more rescued data on our Data Rescue Tracker!

My dad's 1970 proposal to put the ERIC research database online. Today, 55 years later, I use it for my research, but probably not for long. @jillbarshay.bsky.social reports that ERIC will stop being updated this week after DOGE cut its budget, and it may fold completely. What a sad, terrible waste.

Attention state education agency leaders:

For my federal worker friends:

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🚨 NEW: Crowdsourced database of #NSF grant terminations. 🚨

We've been able to collect info on >110 cancelled grants that were cancelled on Friday. Thanks to all the researchers who reported over the holiday weekend. 🧪 airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Advancing Adult Learner Success through Strategic Enrollment Management. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. California’s 6.8 million working adults with high school diplomas but no college degrees represent a crucial opportunity for community colleges to boost enrollment while advancing economic mobility an...

#DYK 6.8M adults in CA have a HS diploma but no college degree? Join the conversation on 4/22 at 11am PT to learn how colleges reimagined their approach to enroll, retain, and support this student population through graduation. Register⤵️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...