http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/cshe_hepb/rss Recent eScholarship items from Higher Education Policy Briefs Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:50:54 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6kx2q4zw In 2020, the Regents of the University of California voted to stop considering SAT scores (or ACT scores) in undergraduate admissions. A group of UC faculty have recently signed open letters calling on the Regents to reverse this decision.UC’s renewed debate on the SAT follows decisions from a number of Ivy League institutions to return to requiring standardized test scores, after going “test optional” during the pandemic. UC, however, is a public institution, with a different mission from that of the Ivy League private universities. As the “About UC” page on the ucop.edu website describes it, “The University of California began more than 150 years ago with a simple but revolutionary idea: that college should be available to everyone. That same spirit still guides us today…We’re an engine of social and economic mobility for hundreds of thousands of students, and our research and innovation powers health care for all Californians.” As the Regents and other stakeholders consider... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6kx2q4zw Tue, 8 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2s7426hb American colleges and universities are highly stratified by pre-college academic achievement, family background, and institutional resources. We study the meritocratic consensus in American higher education: colleges that high-testing students (who are generally also from high-income families) attend spend dramatically more on instruction than do those that enroll lower-testing students. Stratification by test scores has been largely stable since the 1960s, but the stratification of instructional resources has risen sharply since 1970 at both private and public institutions. Non-academic admissions criteria like athletics, legacy, and affirmative action are second-order in determining the allocation of students to universities. Potential economic justifications for the positive association of instructional expenditures with student prior achievement – q-complementarity between achievement and resources, convex social returns to high human capital, and incentives to invest in learning... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2s7426hb Fri, 4 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bleemer, Zachary Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0046t08g Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students inCalifornia pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. This data point provides estimates of CalFresh participation rates among California community college (CCC), California State University(CSU), and University of California (UC) students in California. It updates numbers from our last data point, which focused on CalFresh enrollment during the 2022–23 school year for CCC and UC students.This is the first data point in this series to include CSU students.  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0046t08g Tue, 4 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tan, Cara Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Joanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1kz8q8wn Short Tenures, Lasting Damage: How the State Center Community College District's Turnover Squandered Fresno City College's Cultural Resources https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1kz8q8wn Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Loffler, German https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8467175g Direct Admission at the CSU: Early Outcomes and Statewide Expansion Under SB 640 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8467175g Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Willis, Kent https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9cm7p83z CalWORKs Participation Among California’s College Students https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9cm7p83z Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Tan, Cara Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95w0n5s0 CalFresh Participation Among California’s College Students: A 2022–23 School Year Update https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95w0n5s0 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Tan, Cara Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95k1120d CalFresh Participation Among California’sCollege Students: A 2020–21 School Year Update https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95k1120d Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Henderson, Jamila Hogg, Jennifer Hoover, Sarah Lacoe, Johanna Perez, Alan Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86d5c27h Supporting Young People’s Food Security: CalFreshParticipation During and After High School https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86d5c27h Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Gong, Huizhi Hogg, Jennifer Hoover, Sarah Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7br3c8jp CalFresh Participation Among California’sCollege Students: A 2021–22 School Year Update https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7br3c8jp Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Perez, Alan Hoover, Sarah Henderson, Jamila Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/76m9p1sh California Community College and University ofCalifornia student participation in CalFresh foodbenefits https://escholarship.org/uc/item/76m9p1sh Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Castellanos, Karla Palos Davis, Charles Dizon-Ross, Elise Doherty, Anna Fu, Samantha Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse Saucedo, Monica https://escholarship.org/uc/item/63g2v6mf How Much Do College Students Get from CalFreshEach Month? https://escholarship.org/uc/item/63g2v6mf Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Perez, Alan Ayers, Sam Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Johanna Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5mp474xj Many California Community College Students Are Eligible For—But Not Receiving— CalFresh Benefits https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5mp474xj Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Hogg, Jennifer Ayers, Sam Lacoe, Johanna Perez, Alan Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4736z4ss Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among Universityof California and California Community College Students https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4736z4ss Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Rothstein, Jesse Lacoe, Johanna Ayers, Sam Castellanos, Karla Palos Dizon-Ross, Elise Doherty, Anna Henderson, Jamila Hogg, Jennifer Hoover, Sarah Perez, Alan Weng, Justine https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0qg2h5xv Trends in Community College Enrollment andCalFresh Eligibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0qg2h5xv Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Ayers, Sam Hogg, Jennifer Lacoe, Johanna Perez, Alan Rothstein, Jesse https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z47j5dm Improving Education and Career Pathways in the City of Hayward  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z47j5dm Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Flemming, Emily