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Empowering Futures: The Impact of UCI LIFTED Program and its Expansion to UCR
During “California’s Best Practices: Pathways From Prison to College,” we were honored to showcase the incredible work of UCI LIFTED. The LIFTED team shared the process of creating a UC bachelor’s degree program in prison, who is involved, and how it is growing.
Over 100 Years After Electrification: Will California Lead the Way to Internet as a Public Utility?
Broadband internet is vital to our quality of life—yet it is treated as a luxury in the marketplace. Our communities and digital equity advocates will be looking to the California legislature to lead us into a new era by classifying broadband internet as a public utility.
Placing Community at the Center of Grantmaking: Meet the 2024 OER Spark Community Advisors
No one better understands the needs of the postsecondary community than those who directly implement, use, and benefit from OER. Join us in welcoming the Spark Community Advisors, who will ensure the Spark Grants funding cycle’s investments are community guided and effective.
Expanding the LIFTED Model, Welcoming the University of California, Riverside, as a Spark Grantee
Unlock opportunities for incarcerated students with UCR LIFTED! Through a Spark Grant, UCR will offer Bachelor of Arts degrees in a California prison. Learn about the expansion of the LIFTED model and join the model to create degree pathways in prison.
How Student Peers Will Tackle the SNAP Gap on California’s Campuses
The Student Basic Needs Coalition (SBNC) is addressing the significant gap in student enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by leveraging a student-led approach. Through a Spark Grant, they will support five or more California higher educational campuses, directly helping lessen food insecurity.
How Intersegmental Collaboration Can Address Housing Insecurity Among LA’s Community College Students
Housing is one of the most complex and expensive basic needs students and their families face. While most efforts are siloed in different systems and sectors, the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges will seek to understand how to work across California’s higher educational systems to collaboratively house students.
Welcoming the 2023 Smart Justice Spark Grantees
The 2023 Smart Justice Spark Grantees are creating an educational summit to spread the Pathways to College model, helping incarcerated women build careers, and establishing a BA pipeline in prison.
Biden Can Limit Colleges’ Scheme to Tack Textbook Costs onto Tuition
Katie Wagman, Textbook Affordability Fellow, explores the impact of automatic textbook billing programs have on students and ways to protect students’ interests.