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Coalition Building for Sustainability
Lessons from California
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Lesson #1 Fill a void, if you haven’t done so
already.
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Lesson #2
Recognize that everyone has a stake in improving higher education.
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Coalition Building
Engage your partners.
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Lesson #3
Tailor your engagement in order to build a foundation of support.
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Coalition Building Unify broad and diverse interests.
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Lesson #4
Don’t forget about the minority party because you never know...
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Achieving Policy Reform in California
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Policy Reform
How has the structure of California’s higher education
affected our efforts?
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Public Systems of Higher Education
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No Coordinating or Oversight Body
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Policy Reform
How has the state’s demographics affected our
efforts?
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California’s New Majority
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California’s New Majority
1 out of every 2 youth under 18 in CA is Latino
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The State of Higher Education in CA
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The State of Higher Education in CA
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The State of Higher Education in CA Educational Attainment of California Adults
25 Years and Older, 2011
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The State of Higher Education in CA
Steady generational decline in college
attainment
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The State of Higher Education in CA
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Lesson #5
Clear, strong data to make your case for policy reform is invaluable.
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California’s Economic Payoff For every $1 California
invests in higher education,
it will receive a net return
of $4.50
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Meeting Compliance But Missing the Mark
A look at policy
implementation, and
identifying the level of
compliance and the reasons
for progress (or a lack
thereof).
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Policy Reform
Lessons Learned from Pursuing Our Major Initiatives
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Senate Bill 1440 (2010)
The Student Transfer Achievement Reform
Act (STAR Act)
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Lesson #6
Passing legislation / regulatory change/etc. is the easy part. The real challenge is in seeing it through to fruition.
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Meeting Compliance But Missing the Mark
A look at policy
implementation, and
identifying the level of
compliance and the reasons
for progress (or a lack
thereof).
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Lesson #7
Focus on your major accomplishments and position yourself as a resource for that policy.
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Senate Bill 1456 (2012)
The Student Success Act
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Lesson #8
Good messaging is just as important as good policy.
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Lesson #9
Starting small and scaling up may be preferable to a top-down approach to policy reform.
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Long Beach College Promise
A partnership between LBUSD, LBCC, and CSU Long Beach
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Lesson #10 Be rooted in your values.
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