Featured Publications
Academic Preparation
Postsecondary
- College-Ready in the California State University System: Campus Experiences Implementing EO 1110 (PDF) (WestEd, June 2019)
- How Effective are Community College Remedial Math Courses for Students with the Lowest Math Skills? (Community College Research Center, December 2017)
- Just the FACTS: Remedial Education in California’s Colleges and Universities (PDF) (PPIC, October 2017)
- Leading the Way: Cuyamaca College Transforms Math Remediation (PDF) (CAP, September 2017)
- CSU Finally Ends Remedial Classes that Delay Progress Toward a Degree (SF Chronicle, August 2017)
- California Colleges Transform Remedial Courses to Raise Graduation Rates (EdSource June 2017)
- Early Start Materials – Fullerton (CSUF, March 2017)
- College Readiness at CSU Fullerton (PDF) (CSUF, March 2017)
- Overview of Remedial Education at the State’s Public Higher Education Segments (PDF) (LAO, March 2017)
- Remedial-Education Reform May Fall Short Without More Focus on Nonacademic Support (The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2017)
- Placement Tests Land Many Students in a Math Maze Instead of on Pathways to Success (EdSource, February 2017)
- An alternative to remedial college classes gets results (The Washington Post, February 2017)
- Building Student Success with a Co-Requisite Remediation Model and Mindset Know-How (PDF) (Tennessee Board of Regents, 2016)
- Capacity Unleashed: The Faces of Community College Math Pathways (PDF) (California Acceleration Project, 2016)
- When College Students Start Behind (The Century Foundation, 2016)
- Building a Pathway to Student Success at Georgia State University (PDF) (ITHAKA S+R, 2015)
- Degrees of Freedom: College Math Requirements in California and Nationally and Their Role in Access to Higher Education (PACE, 2015)
- Core to College Evaluation: Implementing the Common Core State Standards, Articulating Course Sequences Across K-12 and Higher Education Systems (WestEd, 2013)
- Completion by Design: Reports and Practitioner Guides on Community College Completion (WestEd, 2013)
- Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in the California Community Colleges (aka “Poppy Copy”) (The RP Group, 2007)
K-12
- Changing Isn’t Failing (The University of Texas at Austin Dana Center, 2018)
- The Power of Teacher Expectations (Education Next, 2018)
- Searching for Measures of College and Career Readiness (PDF) (EdInsights, 2017)
- The Four Keys to College and Career Readiness (EPIC, 2014)
- The Common Core Meets State Policy: This Changes Almost Everything (PDF) (PACE, 2013)
Career Readiness
- The surprising thing Google learned about its employees — and what it means for today’s students (Washington Post, 2017)
Completion
- Cal State to help students graduate by overcoming hurdles of remedial classes (EdSource, 2017)
- Equity, Attainment and State Policy (Center for Urban Education, 2017)
- California’s Future: Higher Education (PPIC, 2017)
- Improving College Graduation Rates: A Closer Look at California State University (PDF) (PPIC, 2016)
- The Future of Higher Education in California: Problems and Solutions for Getting In and Getting Through (Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2014)
Data
- To Improve Student Success, This University Tried ‘Nudging’ Its Professors (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2019)
- Institutions’ Use of Data and Analytics for Student Success (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 2018)
- Scaling Goodwill: The Challenges of Implementing Robust Education Data Sharing Through Regional Partnerships (PDF)(EdInsights, 2018)
- California’s Maze of Student Information: Education Data Systems Leave Critical Questions Unanswered (EdInsights, August 2017)
- Predictive Analytics in Ed-Tech Create New Questions in K-12, Higher Ed (Market Brief, July 2017)
- The Telltale Data that Can Identify Students at Risk (NY Times, June 2017)
- A New Vision for Institutional Research (Change, May 2016)
- Big Data for Student Success Still Limited to Early Adopters (The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 2017)
- What Can Schools, Colleges, and Youth Programs Do with Predictive Analytics? (MDRC, April 2017)
- Policy Paper: Predictive Analytics in Higher Education (New America, March 2017)
- Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data (The New York Times, February 2017)
- Gaps in Perspective: Who Should Be Responsible for Tracking Student Progress Across Education Institutions? (EdInsights, November 2016)
- The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Education (PDF) (New America Foundation, October 2016)
- Data Collection Methods: Some Tips and Comparisons (PDF) (NSF, 2002)
Equity
- Five Principles for Enacting Equity by Design (AACU, Winter 2016)
- Enhancing Cultural Competence (University of Kansas)
- Actually Achieving Equity (GI2025 Symposium 2018)
- Developing a Practice of Equity Minded Indicators (PDF) (Center for Urban Education, February 2016)
Leading from the Middle
- Leading Change From the Middle (Inside Higher Ed, April 2019)
- The Power of Middle Leaders in California Community Colleges (RP Group, April 2019)
- The Roles of STEM Faculty Communities of Practice in Institutional and Departmental Reform in Higher Education (Gehrke and Kezar, May 2017)
- Leading from the Middle (The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2016)
Networks
- The Fruits of Collaboration (Inside Higher Ed, September 2017)
- How a Networked Improvement Community Improved Success Rates for Struggling College Math Students (PDF) (Carnegie Foundation, January 2017)
- Collective Impact: Theory Versus Reality (PDF) (CCRC, February 2016)
- Establishing the Backbone: An Underexplored Facet of Collective Impact Efforts (PDF) (CCRC, February 2016)
- The Potential of Networked Improvement to Address Systemic Educational Inequity (Carnegie Foundation, November 2016)
- Organizing for Success: California’s Regional Education Partnerships (PDF) (EdInsights, March 2015)
- Collective Impact (PDF) (Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011)
Professional Learning
- Leadership Development by Failure: A Case Study (University of Wisconsin—Madison Continuing Studies, September 2016).
- “On Course” Professional Development (Helping colleges and universities improve student academic success and retention)
Student Learning and Instruction
- Large-Scale Assessments Without Standardized Tests (Inside Higher Ed, February 2017)
- On Solid Ground: A Preliminary Look at the Quality of Student Learning in the United States (PDF) (AAC&U, 2017)
- How Colleges Use Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS) to Transform Student Support (PDF) (CCRC, 2016)
- Faculty Orientations Toward Instructional Reform (CCRC, February 2014)
- Enhancing student learning with academic and student affairs collaboration (The Community College Enterprise, 2010)
Systemwide Change
- From Scatterplot to Roadmap: New Efforts to Improve Student Success in The California State University (PDF) (EdInsights, 2017)
- Solving the World’s Biggest Problems: Better Philanthropy Through Systems Change (April 2017)
- Building a Pathway to Student Success at Georgia State University (PDF) (Ithaka S+R, 2015)
- Why Does the Faculty Resist Change (Change Magazine, January 2012)
- Campus Chasm: Essay on the Lack of Understanding Between Academic and Student Affairs (Inside Higher Ed, December 2011)
- Three Ways to Drive Systemwide Change
- A Remarkable Convergence (PDF) pp. 15 – 25 (Leading in a Culture of Change, 2001)
- Bridging the K-12/Postsecondary Divide with a Coherent K-16 System (PDF) (CPRE, 2000)
Student Success
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