Director, Cal State Sacramento's Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy
Director of the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy at Cal State Sacramento, where she’s also Professor of Public Policy and Administration
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Nancy Shulock
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Future of Community Colleges President Obama is scheduled to speak at a Los Angeles community college this afternoon to promote alternatives to four-year schools. California enrolls a quarter of the country’s community college students, yet we lag behind other states in arming those students with the degrees employers are looking for.
Which Way, L.A.?
Community Colleges Failing Students, Study Says California's community colleges have granted access to more and more students, but they're not helping students succeed when they get there. Those findings come from a study by the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy at Cal State Sacramento, which followed 250,000 students for six years. What's at stake?
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Raining money in Sacramento: Gov. Newsom unveils his first budget Governor Gavin Newsom has unveiled his first budget, which includes billions of more dollars for schools, poor families, and the homeless. Newsom says he’s going to “lean in” where others are backing away. He’s also promising more funds for fire protection and for communities that have lost a big property tax base.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Documentary challenges how black life is portrayed on screen In his directorial debut, RaMell Ross ruminates on how black life has been portrayed. “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” focuses on the lives of people trying to eke out a living in Alabama’s catfish industry. It’s shortlisted for an Oscar.
Design and Architecture
A radical act of rezoning; UK prepares for Brexit Planners are calling Minneapolis the most radical city in America, after a vote to allow duplexes and triplexes to be built on lots previously zoned for only single-family homes. What are the chances something like this could happen in LA?