SOCAL CAN PROGRAMS | CREWS Program: "Hairspray"
August 6, 2011, The Hollywood Bowl
As followup to our July 20th CREWS Leadership Training at USC, CREWS students are invited to an evening at the Hollywood Bowl to watch the musical "Hairspray", starting at 8:30 PM. If you're interested in joining the group, please contact Sanjay at sanjay@socalcollegeaccess.org for more details.
Save-the-Date! College Affordability Program
September 7, 2011, 9:30 - 12:15 PM, The California Endowment (Suite C)
Please save-the-date for SoCal CAN's third professional development opportunity of the year. This session will focus on issues around College Affordability and Financial Aid.
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PROGRAMS OF INTEREST | Youth in Transition 365 Conference
July 30, 2011, 8:00 - 4:00 PM, West Los Angeles College
The Youth in Transition 365 (YT365™) conference series that has been developed to further assist youth who are wards of the state, which often consist of individuals involved in the following out of home care systems: foster care, group home, legal guardian pre-adoption and relative kinship caregiver. The conference has been developed in order to assist the thousands of youth who are under state care and face many transitions 365 days of the year. Click here for more information.
South Central Scholars' 2011 College & Career Leadership Conference
July 30-31, 2011, University of Southern California
Join South Central Scholars for their 5th Annual College & Career Leadership Conference!
Participate in hands-on activities, interactive workshops, and practical seminars. Whether you're a high school student, undergraduate, or college graduate, the conference will give you current and effective tips, tools, and resources to get you on the path to success, both in college and after! Click here for more information and to register.
SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference
August 9-12, 2011, The Westin San Francisco
The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) is the national association of chief executives of statewide governing boards and coordinating boards of postsecondary education. SHEEO works to assist its members and the states in developing and sustaining excellent systems of higher education. The program is planned by the senior fiscal, academic, and governmental relations staff of the state higher education coordinating and governing boards. The conference emphasizes peer learning and discussion in a traditional conference format with both plenary and concurrent sessions. Click here to learn more.
California State University (CSU) Super Saturday College Fair
August 27, 2011, 8:30 - 2:00 PM Super Saturday is a day to learn about the CSU's 23 outstanding campuses. Meet students, alumni, faculty and staff and discover which campus is right for you. Stop by for free information, prizes and refreshments. There will be workshops throughout the day on the admissions process, financial aid, the CSU application and more. Parents and families can learn how to assist their students. Click here for more information! Students should RSVP by August 22 to epartnershipevents@calstate.edu or 562.951.4818.
National College Access Network (NCAN) Annual Conference
September 12-14, 2011, St. Louis, MO
This year's conference, Gateway to Opportunity: College Success for All, will take place in St. Louis! Join your education colleagues for professional development and networking that will help you serve more students, improve the quality and diversity of services you provide, and increase college-going and graduation rates in your community. Sessions will feature college access/success, equity, policy, financial aid and more! Click here to visit the Conference Website. If you require assistance, please contact ncan@collegeaccess.org.
National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) 2011 Conference
October 18-21, 2011, Nashville, TN
The NSPA Annual Conference is the convergence of diverse funders, including institutions of higher education, and the students we serve. Join 300 scholarship professionals from across North America to learn, network, and share. Hear from Robert Shireman, former Deputy Undersecretary for the US Department of Education and Michelle Cooper, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and many other respected scholarship and higher education professionals. Registration is open! Click here to learn more.
Federal Student Aid (FSA) Fall 2011 Conference
November 29 - December 2, 2011, Las Vegas, NV
The Federal Student Aid Conference is the largest financial aid conference offered to the financial aid community, hosting over 5,700 attendees in 2010. It's designed to provide the most up-to-date information on Title IV programs and the evolving federal policies and procedures affecting our customers and partners. Participants will learn the most current information about FSA programs from members of the Department of Education team and other key partners. Click here for further information.
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RESOURCES
| The College Board's Readiness Tool - ACCUPLACER
This online tool for students assesses the math, reading, and writing skills of high school and college students to help determine the best placement for students in college courses. With this new program, results from the ACCUPLACER tests are used to identify a student's strengths and weaknesses and then build individualized lessons, tutorials, and practice exercises that give instant feedback to help students master college readiness skills.
College Affordability and Transparency Center The College Affordability and Transparency Center includes information for students, parents, and policymakers about college costs at America's colleges and universities. The Center includes several lists of institutions based on the tuition and fees and net prices (the price of attendance after considering all grant and scholarship aid) charged to students.
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POLICY UPDATES
| CA Budget Creates $650 Million Cuts to CSU and UC
With California community colleges and universities already shouldering $1.4 billion in drastic cuts to their funding this year, the new budget, signed by the Governor, decimates the budgets of the California State University and the University of California systems by an additional $150 million each for a staggering total of $650 million in cuts this year alone.
First part of CA DREAM Act Signed Into Law Undocumented students in California will soon have financial aid options with Gov. Jerry Brown's signing of one of two parts of the California DREAM Act into law July 25th. AB 130 allows undocumented students to receive financial aid from private sources in the University of California, California State University and California Community College systems.
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RESEARCH & TRENDS
| REPORT - Consequences of Neglect: Performance Trends in CA Higher Ed
California higher education continues to operate without effective coordination and with no state-level planning, despite continued calls for the state to set goals and develop plans to ensure that its colleges and universities will drive 21st Century economic competitiveness and social well-being. This report demonstrates the consequences of resting on reputations and policies of yesteryear. California is nowhere near a leader on the measures of higher education performance that the nation's governors and educational leaders have been tracking for over a decade.
REPORT - National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends: Before, During and After the Recession Despite the recession from December 2007 to June 2009, college enrollment increased, and more students were drawn to community colleges, according to a new report. The report looks at the pattern of first-time students ages 17-20 who began in the fall semester each year from 2006 thought 2010. While many of the expected trends were confirmed, the shift in the higher education landscape was not that pronounced given the dive the economy took in 2008 and 2009.
More stories of interest ... College Students Don't View Debt as Burden
10 Questions State Legislators Should Ask About Higher Education
CSU Long Beach - 1 of only 5 Colleges That Properly Serve Needy Students
SAFRA One Year Later
California Data System Threatened by State Budget Squeeze
New College Board Research on Young Men of Color Stirs Demand for Action
Latino and White Freshmen Are Nearly Equal at U. of California
Educational Access in California 4 Out of 5 in Community College Want to Transfer, Report Says Hispanic, White Achievement Gap as Wide as in 1990s
Where Did California's State Legislators Go To College? Despite Fiscal Woes, Spending Rose on Student Aid in Many States in 2010 The 12 Best College Financial Aid Policies Black Student College Graduation Rates Inch Higher But Large Racial Gap Persists |
ORGANIZATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
| Call for Proposals: NCAN "Fundraising for Growth" Opportunity
NCAN has received a grant of $162,555 from the TG Public Benefit Grant Program to help build the fundraising capacity of five regular NCAN members during FY 2011-12. With grant funds, NCAN will engage a development consulting firm to assist NCAN and five of its members that are taking, or are planning to take, successful existing programs to a larger scale to serve significantly more students and need to step up their fundraising to pay for expansion. Click here for more information. The deadline is August 3, 2011.
GEAR UP West Conference - Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals for the fifth annual GEAR UP West conference is now available. GEAR UP West is a collaborative event for college access program staff, teachers, counselors, administrators, and TRiO & GEAR UP program staff from the west. This year's event will be October 16 - 18, 2011 in Portland, OR. Click here for more information.
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JOBS | Middle School Coordinator, Connected Communities, Fremont Family Partnership
Los Angeles Education Partnership - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angfeles Education Partnership's mission is to help students in high-need schools improve their academic achievement through collaborative partnerships with educators, parents and the community. The Middle School Coordinator, Connected Communities, will coordinate the student supportive services in partnership with a middle school and the Fremont Family Partnership(FFP). The Middle School Coordinator will identify existing services on campus and organize them to increase student, parent and school staff access to them. The Coordinator is the link between the Collaborative and the service providers at the middle school.
Communications Director
The Institute for College Access and Success, Inc. - Oakland, CA
The Communications Director develops and implements external communications strategies to advance our mission, using both traditional and new media and working closely with staff across the organization. Core responsibilities include managing media relations, web sites, online communications, publications, and strategic initiatives; keeping colleagues and key constituencies informed and engaged; and supervising one staff position as well as outside contractors. Some travel required.
Alumni Services Training Manager
KIPP Foundation - San Francisco, CA
The Training Manager will serve as the primary owner of professional development for the KTC community of practice. The scope of training generally falls into four broad categories - 1) manage KTC professional development events and working groups, 2) Research, create, and maintain training materials and share best practices, 3) manage on/off boarding process and promote sharing via the community email list, and 4) manage strategy for national college access memberships and partnerships.
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