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Perhaps you would like to be a leader in Institutional Effectiveness? UC San Diego has just launched an Institutional Effectiveness Management and Leadership Certificate program. From the CAIR List Serv, via Aeron Zentner DBA. Thanks for sharing, Aeron! --- Over the last two years University of California San Diego (UCSD) instructors have been developing a new program for individuals interested in the field of institutional effectiveness management and leadership. Following the formal curriculum review and approval process, I am happy to announce that the first program cohort for the Institutional Effectiveness Management and Leadership Certificate Program will be starting in Summer 2024. The 18-credit program consists of three, 10-week online courses (one per quarter). The courses will be instructor facilitated and include live online sessions (attendance will be flexible and all lectures recorded). The program was developed with the intent for building community across higher education professionals and supporting upward occupational mobility for individuals in institutional research and planning, information technology, faculty, instruction, student services, and graduate students. If you or someone you know maybe interested, please feel free to share this email or the attached flier. Registration is currently open 2024, and the first class will begin July 8, 2024. Below is the link to the program page.  https://lnkd.in/gB_vCgFB #institutionalresearch #institutionaleffectiveness #AIRForum #irwatercooler #highereducation

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In our recent report, we find that districts with similar free and reduced-price school meal enrollment rates—and thus funding—can in fact have dramatic differences in underlying economic conditions, demographics, and student outcomes. 📝 Full report 👇

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Caltech's recent milestone is nothing short of groundbreaking. For the first time, the institution is set to enroll a majority of women, marking a significant shift in its historically male-dominated culture. This pivotal moment represents more than just a statistical change; it signifies a broader commitment to inclusivity and diversity in STEM fields. By creating an environment where women are the majority, Caltech is leading the charge in breaking down barriers and setting a new standard for gender equity in higher education. It's a reminder that progress in representation within academia and STEM is not just about numbers but about creating opportunities and fostering innovation. At Base 11, we are pleased to have concluded another successful Summer Fellowship cycle at Caltech where we have partnered to create more equity in STEM. #WomenInSTEM #STEM #WomensEmpowerment

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Over the past 5 months, a dedicated group has convened to discuss how the state (and the broader ecosystem) can better support and connect Oregon's incredible food & beverage community -- a community that touches every region and part of the state. It's been an honor to serve as co-chair of the Growth & Innovation committee with Nikki Guerrero. We have helped to oversee committees focused around Innovation, Trade, Capital and Copacking/Distribution. These are all big issues to tackle, and while we most likely won't be able to address all of them in deep ways, our hope is that this work creates programs that can have immediate impact, but just important lays the foundation upon which to help create the framework to help more Oregon based F&B companies become long term sustainable/profitable companies. Big thanks to the folks who have dedicated their time to working on all these issues - Hannah Kathryn Kullberg, Kristen Penner, Sheri Cole, Thomas Angel, Paul Evers, Joth Ricci, Sam Tannahill, Amori Rix, Chris Joseph, Lois Cho, Chris Nemlowill, Erik Andersson, Erick Garman, Jess Paulson, Jaime Lynne Tulley, John Boyle, Katherine Lam, MBA, Martin McClanan, Nathan Kadish, Chris Barhyte, Lindsey Morse. And a note of thanks to Andrew Desmond from the Oregon Business Council (OBC) for helping to steer all of us towards some actionable outcomes. This work is critically important to Oregon, and I'm humbled to be able to play a part in helping to create some impactful and meaningful initiatives. https://lnkd.in/gTj_HJfS

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📢 Big News Alert! 🚀 We’re excited to share groundbreaking results from the latest ESSA III study on ProSolve's QUEST program for K-5 social-emotional learning! The research found Promising Evidence of QUEST’s impact, with remarkable growth in SEL skills across 14 California districts. 📊 Key Findings: 🎯 SEL Skill Growth in K-2: QUEST boosted relationship-building, making friends, and communication skills by almost 40% for younger students. 🎯 Enhanced Decision-Making & Goal-Setting: Grades 3-5 students achieved an 8.2% increase in critical skills like decision-making and goal-setting. 🎯 Promoting Equity in SEL: With 81% of participants from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, QUEST’s inclusive approach brought notable SEL gains, helping bridge achievement gaps. Backed by ESSA Level III standards, QUEST achieved a powerful effect size of 0.55 on SEL outcomes, a testament to its impact on young learners. Full study link in the comments! #EdTech #SEL #ProSolve #StudentSuccess #Impact Travis Allen

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A new report uses information from California's colleges and universities to analyze the return on investment that undergraduates can expect from specific programs and institutions, finding that the vast majority of them allow graduates to recoup their costs within 5 years. #GreatCollegeAdvice #ROI #CollegeDegrees

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Our recent report on CA's #TK12 funding formula recommends alternatives to free & reduced-price school meal enrollment for measuring low-income status as well as the use of duplicated counts for EL, foster, & homeless students, + other improvements 👇

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🎭 Kathryn Palmer reports: A number of selective graduate programs in the fine arts—including some at the University of Southern California, Carnegie Mellon University and The Juilliard School—have recently dropped their hefty sticker prices and gone #tuition-free in the name of expanding access to arts education. “The impact of these gifts on our students’ futures—and the field—cannot be overstated,” Evan Yionoulis, dean and director of Juilliard’s drama division, said last September when the institution announced it would no longer charge tuition to students seeking a master of fine arts degree in drama beginning this fall. And when #USC announced last month that its acting and dramatic writing graduate programs would stop charging tuition next year, Emily Roxworthy, dean of USC’s School of Dramatic Arts, characterized it as “an important investment in the future of storytelling and the performing arts.” Applications to Yale’s drama M.F.A. program increased by 29 percent after the program went tuition-free in 2021. And applications from Black and Indigenous would-be students and other people of color increased by 45 percent, said James Bundy, dean of Yale’s drama school, adding that the program’s student body reflects the nation’s demographic #diversity. For Eliza Kuperschmid, who is entering her last year of the dramatic writing M.F.A. program at USC, the announcement last month that the program was going fully tuition-free came as a huge relief: “Tuition being lifted is allowing me to dream more broadly about my options.” Robert Townsend, director of humanities, arts and culture programs at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, said, “Being more explicit about the fact that these programs are free is really important in helping to diversify, not just the race and ethnicity demographics, but also the kinds of class demographics of the people trying to come into these programs. To the extent that a program like USC’s is lowering at least one of those hurdles, that could make an important difference.” #PerformingArts #ArtsIndustry #GradStudents #FinancialAid #Scholarships #DiversityInEducation #DEI #AffordableEducation #MFAstudents #Yale #Julliard #ArtStudents #DramaStudents #TheaterStudies #playwriting #screenwriting

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Are the test-optional tides turning? For some top schools, the answer is yes. The role and nature of standardized testing in the college admissions landscape have certainly moved in many directions over recent years—the shift to digital testing for both the ACT and the SAT, changes in the many schools’ testing policies (including the University of California system’s) in response to limited access to testing centers over COVID-19, and the debate on whether or not the increasing test-optional policies were truly test-optional, just to name a few. Now, many schools, including Brown and Harvard, are bringing back SAT and ACT score requirements. Read our blog to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEQcnEsJ #standardizedtesting #sat #act #college #collegeapplications #collegeboard #testoptional #collegeconsulting #students #ilumineducation

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The transition from high school into postsecondary education and a career has become particularly challenging given today’s complex, fast-moving, and highly technological economy. To combat this problem, one approach widely adopted is the career academy model, which combines a college-preparatory and career and technical curriculum with a career theme and is often structured as a small learning community within a larger high school. A landmark MDRC randomized controlled trial of career academies, starting in the mid-1990s, found sustained earnings gains for academy participants in the eight years after expected high school completion. Shifts in the labor market, reforms to secondary education, and a growth in both high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment rates across the United States prompt new questions about how participating in career academies may affect current students’ academic and labor outcomes. To answer these questions, MDRC is conducting a long-term randomized controlled trial of California Partnership Academies (CPAs), which are partially state-funded career academies within high schools across California. This report explores the impacts of CPAs on students’ high school graduation and college readiness at the end of high school as well as their college enrollment during the first year after graduation.

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Students Paid Thousands for a Caltech Boot Camp. Except that Caltech Didn’t Teach It ! Key takeaways from this NYT article: *Hundreds of universities have lent their names to online programs, plugging budgets but alienating students who feel misled. *Students described calls that dangled time-conditioned discounts with a sense of pushiness and urgency. *The sooner they enrolled, they were told, the sooner they would be on their way to better lives. *These company use high-pressure sales tactics. What are your thoughts? #upgrade #certifications #online #caltech #edtechsales #personalbranding #careercoach #careeroutcome #skillcertificates #skillcertifications https://lnkd.in/dC-7P9sK?

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Streetsblog California put a spotlight on new UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation reports assessing the impact of California’s Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) program, which helps local communities lead and plan projects that reduce emissions and bring economic, environmental and health benefits. Read more... #UCLALuskin UCLA #UCLA #climate

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K-12 California students will continue to gain an upper hand when it comes to climate smarts, thanks to CA Bil 285. Policy is in place, but programs and programming is still hitting hurdles. #climateeducation #climatesmarts #oceanstudies #oceaneducation

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This week on Conscious Pathways I'm joined by Dr. Denise Kennedy, PhD, Professor and Department Chair of Early Childhood Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. In this conversation, Dr. Kennedy highlights the critical importance of play-based inquiry in early childhood education. She emphasizes how traditional education systems often focus on teaching to the test, which limits children's ability to problem-solve and think critically. Dr. Kennedy illustrates this with a powerful example: if we hand a child a toy and tell them exactly how to use it, they’ll follow instructions and move on. However, if we give them the toy with open-ended curiosity, they’ll explore and discover far more, enhancing their learning experience through play and inquiry-based learning. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gqav94yW b677a0d6-4c19-45bb-9c02-8e38fe5bde69/ep/5e029632-26e8-491e-8a77-214ca5cc98ac Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gb-yxSQY Let's discuss! How can we incorporate more play-based inquiry into our education systems? Share your thoughts in the comments below! ⬇️💬 #EarlyChildhoodEducation #PlayBasedLearning #CriticalThinking #ProblemSolving #InquiryBasedLearning #ChildDevelopment #EducationSystem #STEM #Literacy #TeacherPreparationPrograms #PedagogicalSkills.#PlayBasedInquiry #FosteringCreativity #CriticalThinkingSkills #ActiveLearning #InquiryBasedLearning #EducationForTheFuture #ProblemSolvingSkills #EmpoweringChildren #BeyondMemorization #UnlockingPotential

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FREE WEBINAR Dr. Pastor, a distinguished professor and director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California, has dedicated his career to understanding the intersection of economic growth, social equity and community empowerment. In this webinar, he will share groundbreaking research, compelling stories and actionable strategies to drive meaningful change in your community. Building Equitable Communities with Dr. Manuel Pastor December 11, 2024 4:00-5:30 p.m. ET  Register: https://lnkd.in/gcG-EZVa Key topics will include: > Practical steps for advancing equity in policy and practice. > Strategies to address systemic barriers and create inclusive opportunities. > The role of collaboration, innovation and resilience in building stronger communities StriveTogether

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We are excited to announce that Plant Futures Introduction to Plant-Centric Food Systems, accessible to students from all nine University of California campuses will be kicking off later this month 🌱 We have two partnerships spots left for startups & non-profits! Co-instructed by Miyoko Schinner and Brittany Sartor, the course features 10 modules on key topics like Climate & the Environment, Health & Nutrition, Animal Welfare, Policy & Law, Media, and Behavioral Change – with a key part of the course being a 10-week project where teams collaborate with mission-aligned organizations to advance plant-based food systems. ✨ If you’re a UC student, you can sign up for the course here: tinyurl.com/PlantFuturesUC -- Hurry, spots are limited and we anticipate it filling up!  ✨ Nonprofits and plant-based startups: We have 2 spots left for organizations interested in offering a project. Projects kick off February 19th – send me a message to get involved!

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