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An Early Alert System for Remediation Needs of Entering Community College Students: Leveraging the California Standards Test, by Terrance Willett, Craig Hayward, and Eden Dahlstrom, California Partnership for Achieving Student Success, July 2008
Financial Aid at California Community Colleges: Pell Grants and Fee Waivers 2003-04, by Lutz K. Berkner and Jennie Woo, MPR Associates, Inc., May 2008
Keeping California's Promise: Proposed Cal Grant Cuts Would Hit Community College Students Hardest, The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2008
It Could Happen: Unleashing the Potential of California's Community Colleges to Help Students Succeed and California Thrive, by Nancy Shulock, Colleen Moore, Jeremy Offenstein, and Mary Kirlin, California State University at Sacramento, February 2008
Community College Funding Crucial but Poorly Understood, by Pamela Burdman, San Jose Mercury News, February 2008
Pathways to Student Success: The Impact of Learning Communities on the Success of Academically Under-Prepared College Students, by Catherine Engstrom and Vincent Tinto, Syracuse University, January 2008
Toward a K-20 Student Unit Record Data System for California, by Georges Vernez, Cathy Krop, Mirka Vuollo, and Janet S. Hansen, RAND, January 2008
Missing 87: A Study of the "Transfer Gap" and the "Choice Gap", by Estela M. Bensimon, Alicia C. Dowd, Fred Trapp, and Hannah Alford, University of Southern California Center for Urban Education and Long Beach City College, December 2007
Green Lights and Red Tape: Improving Access to Financial Aid at California's Community Colleges, by Deborah Frankle Cochrane, et.al., The Institute for College Access and Success, December 2007
Perceptions of California's Community Colleges, presentation on Public Opinion Research for California Community Colleges by Harris Interactive, November 2007
California Community Colleges: Communicating the Value of an Invaluable Resource, presentation on Public Opinion Research for California Community Colleges by Bates Neimand and Douglas Gould and Co., November 2007
Learning About Teaching: If the Students Don't Get It, What's the Point?, by Andrea Conklin Bueschel, The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Winter 2007
Californians and Higher Education, by Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek, Public Policy Institute of California, October 2007
Legal Report: Analysis of California and Federal Laws Governing Release of Educational Data to Researchers, by David Greene and Pondra S. Perkins, The First Amendment Project, October 2007
Invest in Success: How Finance Policy Can Increase Student Success at California’s Community Colleges , by Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore, California State University, Sacramento, October 2007
Unexpected Pathways: Transfer Patterns of California Community College Students, by Laura Horn and Stephen Lew, MPR Associates, Inc., August 2007
On Education: Too Many California Students Not Ready for College.pdf, by Pamela Burdman and Marshall S. Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, June 2007
Can California Import Enough College Graduates to Meet Workforce Needs?, by Hans Johnson and Deborah Reed, Public Policy Institute of California, May 2007
Documentary Explores High Hopes and Harsh Realities at America’s Community Colleges, by John Merrow, Executive Producer and Correspondent, Learning Matters, April 2007
California Community College Transfer Rates: Who is Counted Makes a Difference, by Laura Horn and Stephen Lew, MPR Associates, Inc., May 2007
California Community Colleges: Making Them Stronger and More Affordable, by William Zumeta and Deborah Frankle, The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, March 2007
Rules of the Game: How State Policy Creates Barriers to Degree Completion and Impedes Student Success in the California Community Colleges, by Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore, California State University, Sacramento, February 2007
Passing the Torch: Strategies for Innovation in Community College ESL, by Forrest P. Chisman and JoAnn Crandall, Center for the Advancement of Adult Literacy, February 2007
Building a "Bridge to Success" at Colleges, by Pamela Burdman and Marshall S. Smith, The Sacramento Bee, February 2007
The Case for Common Examinations, by Lloyd Bond, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, January 2007
Pipeline or Pipedream: Another Way to Think About Basic Skills, by Rose Asera, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, August 2006
Learning About Student Learning from Community Colleges, by Pat Hutchings and Lee S. Shulman, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, February 2006
Opening Doors: Promoting Student Success in Community College and Beyond, by Thomas Brock and Allen LeBlanc with Casey MacGregor, MDRC, May 2005
Ensuring Access with Quality to California Community Colleges, by Gerald C. Hayward, Dennis P. Jones, Aims C. McGuinness, Jr., and Allene Timar with a postscript by Nancy Shulock, The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, May 2004
Using Community Colleges to Reconnect Disconnected Youth, W. Norton Grubb, University of California, Berkeley, April 2003

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