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Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Estimates the state's shortage in highly educated workers in 2025 and outlines ways to raise college attendance rates, transfer rates from community colleges, and graduation rates from four-year institutions to help close the gap. Discusses policy issues.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Calls for policies to raise college completion rates and the portions of high school graduates eligible for state schools and of transfer students receiving bachelor's degrees. Explores issues of equity, funding, college-readiness, and remedial programs.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy
Outlines the need to improve the K-12 and higher education systems to close the projected skills gap in the labor force. Recommends reducing high school dropout rates and increasing community college transfer rates and graduation rates at state colleges.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Presents survey findings on views of higher education as a state funding priority; concerns about college costs, access, and the impact of budget cuts; support for increases in taxes, fees, or out-of-state students to maintain funding; and other issues.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy, Energy and Environment, Government Reform
Provides overviews of issues, underlying factors, projections, and policy outlook for the state's budget, climate change effects, economy, education, population, transportation, water management, and workforce.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor;Race and Ethnicity
Analyzes the racial/ethnic composition of workers in twenty-two health occupations and graduates of healthcare education programs in the Bay Area. Examines disparities by race/ethnicity in the types of occupations held, educational attainment, and wages.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Oakland;North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco
Arts and Culture, Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Provides an overview of an initiative to expand access to integrated arts education with partnership building, advocacy, and strategic communications activities. Discusses Ford's theory of change, challenges, lessons learned, and case summaries.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California, North America-United States (Southern)-Maryland, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Minnesota, North America-United States (Southern)-Mississippi, North America-United States, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Ohio, North America-United States (Southwestern)-Texas, North America-United States (Southern)-District of Columbia-Washington
Community and Economic Development, Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Analyzes variations in per-student funding across districts under the current school finance system by examining the components used to calculate funds, including adjustments for falling enrollment and small schools. Recommends simplifying adjustments.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
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