March 2007 Volume 20 No. 6 Reinvesting in College Access and Success By the Way . . . David Ward to Leave American Council on Education By the Way . . . Administrators’ Pay Rises 4% for the Tenth Consecutive Year By the Way . . . Board of Governors Extends SB 361 Emergency Regulations By the Way . . . Commission Recommends Approaches for Improving Community Colleges Student Success By the Way . . . Accountability Report for Community Colleges Submitted to Legislature Ask SSC . . . Can the Board of Governors Require That all Community Colleges Use One or More Standard Assessment Tests for Mandatory Placement? Update on Community College Legislation - 3/16/07 History of Funding in the California Community Colleges California Community Colleges are Unaffordable to Many Students Colleges Look for Funding from Nontraditional Sources Report Issued on Minors on Community College Campuses Compton Community College Fraud Audit is Released California Lottery Commission Lowers Projection Researchers Say Money Alone Won't Fix Schools
March 2007 Volume 20 No. 5 By the Way . . . Governor Appoints Ricardo Sarmiento By the Way . . . Transfer Is the New Incentive For Virginia Students By the Way . . . California Supreme Court Rules in Land Battle Between Public College and Private University By the Way . . . Pell Grant Equity Act, H.R. 990 By the Way . . . Congress Holds Hearing on Student Financial Aid By the Way . . . New Special Trustee for Compton Community College District Commission of the Future of Higher Education to Hold Summit Student Achievement Is Focus of Accreditation Talks Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Update on Community College Legislation State Revenues Fall Short in January Legislative Analyst Forecasts 2007-08 Budget Deficit Legislative Analyst Proposes Mandate Reforms GASB Takes a Look at Pension Disclosures By the Way . . . Adequacy Research to be Released March 15 Ask SSC . . . Is the PERS Retiree Annual Working Hours Limitation In Force? Appointees Announced for Governor's Postemployment Benefits Commission
February 2007 Volume 20 No. 4 By the Way . . . Cerritos Community College Gets National Recognition By the Way . . . U.S. Department of Education Will Work to Raise Community College Profile By the Way . . . STRS and PERS to Research Health Insurance By the Way . . . California Community College System Gets New Vice Chancellor Latino Students Perceive Many More Barriers to College than Do Whites Access Without Completion Plagues California Community Colleges Community College Legislation - 2-16-07 Increase in Pell Grants, but There is a Catch Federal Loan Limits to Increase Under Bush Proposal State Controller Weighs in on Revenue Outlook Ask SSC . . . Is There a Listing of Reimbursements of Mandated Claims? Ask SSC . . . Will Lower State Taxes Cut Proposition 98 Funding in 2007-08? Ask SSC . . . What Is the Effect of Health Savings Accounts on State Income Taxes? By the Way . . . Term Limits Initiative Filed The Perfect Storm Impacts Public Education