Campaign for College Opportunity

August 3, 2023

Cal State makes some progress on graduation but lags on key graduation and equity goals, report finds

CSU is not on track to meet most of its goals for increasing graduation rates by 2025, a new report finds. Progress is uneven among different campuses and achievement gaps also persist.

Michael Burke

February 5, 2023

If everyone works together, we can fix community college transfer process

We are counting on college leaders to deliver on the promise of a student-centered approach to transfer that eliminates racial disparities and puts students first.

Michele Siqueiros

February 7, 2020

A surprise recommendation to keep using test scores for UC admission

This week: EdSource reporter Larry Gordon summarizes a new UC faculty task force report that recommends requiring the SAT or ACT for freshmen admissions; and Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, shares why the organization opposes the use of the tests.

EdSource staff

January 21, 2020

CSU trustees delay formal vote on requiring extra high school class

CSU still plans to require four years of high school math for freshman admissions, effective in 2027, but will delay formal vote to 2022.

Michael Burke

November 20, 2019

CSU leaders appear ready to move forward with requiring extra year of quantitative reasoning despite concerns

Opponents include state leaders and activists, who reiterated fears that the change will harm black, Latino and low-income students.

Michael Burke

August 30, 2019

Historic deal on charters, contention over more high school math

This week: We discuss big changes that could affect the state's charter school law; and we also interview two key players with opposite perspectives on a controversial proposal by the California State University chancellor's office to require a fourth year of math.

EdSource staff

February 20, 2019

California’s black students lag in college completion despite some gains

With only a third of black adults earning a degree, the report urges colleges to get more students to come back and finish.

Larry Gordon

November 12, 2018

Latino students in California still lag in college success

A report by an advocacy group says that California's future economy depends on the educational success of the growing Latino community.

Larry Gordon

May 21, 2018

Community college reforms are on the right track

Colleges must become more student-focused in their practices, advocates say.

Michele Siqueiros

March 5, 2018

Whites dominate California college faculties while students are more diverse, study shows

A report by the Campaign for College Opportunity urges that the percentages of minority and women faculty and campus leaders reflect the ratios in the student bodies at California's public colleges and universities.

Larry Gordon

September 11, 2017

'Transfer maze' awaits California community college students, advocacy group says

California’s community college students confront a series of frustrations as they navigate the path to a four-year degree, enduring confusing and sometimes contradictory policies that result in just a small share of students actually transferring to a Cal State or University of California campus, according to a new report.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

January 21, 2016

UC admissions logjam is hurting our students and our state

Stephen Williams

May 31, 2015

UC moving to simplify student transfer requirements

Changes would ease the transition from community colleges to UC campuses.

Michelle Maitre

July 1, 2014

Report: Half of students take four years to earn an associate degree

Half of the state’s community college students take four years or longer to earn an associate degree that’s designed to take half that time, according to a new report.

Michelle Maitre

January 23, 2014

California 'average' when it comes to preparing students for college, study says

Kathryn Baron