New Board Member, Transfer Hearing in Fullerton & Latinos in CA Higher Ed

ANNOUNCEMENT

Welcoming Camila Chavez to our Board of Directors

We are pleased to announce that Camila Chavez, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF), has joined our Board of Directors. From the DHF headquarters in Bakersfield, Ms. Chávez oversees training for low-income community members in the areas of leadership and organizing skills specific to civic and electoral participation so that they can become catalysts for change in their own communities.

Camila graduated from Mills College in Oakland where she successfully balanced her undergraduate studies with her passion for working to achieve social justice.

To learn more about Camila and other members of our board, please click here.

The future of CA depends on improving Latino college completion

The State of Latinos in Higher Education in California infographic thumbnai

Earlier this week we released The State of Latinos in Higher Education in California: The economic and social imperative for advancing Latino college achievement, which details how progress in Latino higher education is stalled, how the state's higher education system has failed to work for all students and the potential impact on California's competitiveness as a global economy. Latinos are quickly becoming the majority in California and alarmingly, while record numbers of Latinos are enrolling in college, few are completing their degrees.

Learn More | Read the L.A. Times coverage | Read our op-ed in the U-T San Diego

#TransferTuesday

For years we have fought to simplify the inefficient transfer maze students are forced to face, and while progress has been made thanks to historic transfer reform legislation by Senator Alex Padilla (SB 1440 and SB 440), much remains to be done. On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 10:00am the Assembly Higher Education Committee is holding a hearing at Fullerton College to discuss transfer progress and the ongoing needs of California students. Our Executive Director, Michele Siqueiros, will be testifying before the committee.

Learn more about the event | RSVP to attend | Learn more about transfer

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