California Postsecondary Education Commission -- Agenda June 5-6, 2007

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Meeting Resources: June 5-6, 2007

Regular Meeting of the Full Commission

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All times listed are approximate. If a separate link to the audio is not available for an item, use the closest previous one.

Day / Time	Item No.	Item	More Info	Report	Presentation	Discussion
Tuesday, 9:00	1	Minutes of the March Meeting		Read		Listen
		Report of the Chair, Olivia K. Singh				Listen
		Report of the Executive Director
		Report of the Statutory Advisory Committee
		Report of the Governmental Relations Committee				Listen
	2	Governmental Relations Committee Minutes		Read
	3	May Revision to State Budget	View	Read		Listen
	4	Legislative Update, June 2007	View	Read
10:00	5	Faculty Salaries at California Public Universities	View	Read	View	Listen
	6	Progress Report on Funding Gender Gap Research	View	Read		Listen
	7	Program Planning and Review to Promote Responsiveness to Public Needs	View	Read	View	Listen Listen
11:30		Presentation by Secretary of Education David Long	View			Listen
12:00		Lunch
1:30		Presentation by Mark Baldassare	View			Listen
2:15	8	Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) Program	View	Read		Listen
	9	Update on the Commission’s University Eligibility Study	View	Read		Listen
	10	Nexus Between Workforce and Education	View	Read		Listen
		Other Business
4:30		Executive Session	View
5:00		Adjournment
Wednesday, 8:30	11	Accountability - Educational Attainment of Population	View	Read	View	Listen
	12	Accountability - Per Capita Income by Educational Attainment	View	Read	View	Listen
	13	Accountability - Summary Report	View	Read	View	Listen
		College/Degree & Occupation Information System	View		View	Listen
		Other Business
12:00		Adjournment

Commission Members at this Meeting: Attendance and Voting Record

Commissioner	Attendance		Voting Record
Commissioner	Day 1	Day 2	Item 1	Item 2	Item 4	Item 5	Item 7	Item 11	Item 12
Olivia K. Singh, Chair Public (Senate Rules)	Present	Present	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
John P. Perez, Vice Chair Public (Assembly Speaker)	Present	Present	Yes	Yes	**Yes	Yes	**Yes	Yes	Yes
Joseph P. Bishop Student (Governor)	Present	Present	**Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
George T. Caplan Public (Assembly Speaker)	Absent	Present						Yes	Yes
Melinda Guzman System (California State University)	Present	Present	*Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deborah Malumed System (California Community Colleges)	Present	Present	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hugo Morales Public (Senate Rules)	Present	Present				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
George W. Nickel, III Public (Senate Rules)	Present	Present	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kenneth A. Noonan System (Board of Education)	Absent	Absent
Ralph R. Pesqueira Public (Governor)	Present	Present	Yes	Yes	Yes	**Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
H. Eric Schockman Public (Governor)	Present	Present	Yes	*Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	**Yes	**Yes
Evonne Seron Schulze Public (Governor)	Absent	Absent
Bruce D. Varner System (University of California)	Absent	Present					Yes	Yes	Yes
Howard Welinsky Public (Assembly Speaker)	Present	Present	Yes	**Yes	*Yes	*Yes	*Yes	*Yes	*Yes
Ruth Bloom, Alternate System (Board of Education)	Absent	Absent
Carol R. Chandler, Alternate System (California State University)	Absent	Absent
Odessa P. Johnson, Alternate System (University of California)	Absent	Absent
Total	10	12	9/0/0	9/0/0	9/0/0	10/0/0	11/0/0	12/0/0	12/0/0
			* Motioned ** Seconded Ballot Count: Yes/No/Abstained

More Information About Items

Item 3: May Revision to the Proposed 2007-08 State Budget: Summary
Commission staff will summarize the Governor's May Revision of the proposed 2007-08 State Budget. This summary presents information from the just-released “May Revise,” focusing on changes to the higher education budget. Staff will also provide an oral update to the Commission on recent developments in the budget process.
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Presented by: Kevin Woolfork
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Item 4: Legislative Update, June 2007
This item discusses legislative initiatives being tracked by Commission staff for the 2007-08 legislative session. The Commission will also consider recommendations on selected bills adopted by the Governmental Relations Committee at its May 16, 2007, meeting.
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Presented by: Sherri Orland
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Item 5: Faculty Salaries at California Public Universities, 2007-08
This report assesses salary data and compares faculty salary levels at California’s public universities to those offered at competitor institutions nationally. Staff request that the Commission adopt a resolution recommending that in future faculty compensation assessments, policy makers consider the total package of compensation that public universities provide faculty, rather than just faculty salary levels. (Action)
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Presented by: Ryan Fuller , Peter McNamee
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Item 6: Progress Report on Funding Gender Gap Research in California Postsecondary
While previous Commission research points to a growing gender gap in California postsecondary education, the Commission’s ability to pursue the research depends on obtaining outside funding. The staff will report on the progress of requests for funding that have been made to major foundations and provide a copy of a formal Letter of Inquiry to the Lumina Foundation. If research can be funded, it will focus on the declining number of males who move through high school into postsecondary education, especially males from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
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Presented by: Karen Humphrey , Bridget Boyd
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Item 7: Program Planning and Review
This agenda item provides a summary of program planning and review activities conducted by staff during the 2006-07 academic year. (Action)
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Presented by: Stacy Wilson , Jessika Jones
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Presentation by Secretary of Education David Long (Invited)
Secretary of Education David Long will present to the Commission his vision and goals for postsecondary education, as well as discuss the Governor’s initiatives.
Presented by: David Long
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Presentation by Mark Baldassare, President and CEO, Public Policy Institute of California
Mr. Baldassare, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Policy Institute of California, will discuss a recent survey of how K-12 education is perceived in California, and will discuss a possible partnership with the Commission to conduct a survey that will assess popular opinions of California higher education.
Presented by: Mark Baldassare
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Item 8: Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) Program – Current Projects and the New RFP
This report discusses professional development projects funded by the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) State Grants Program. Representatives from three ITQ projects will present their work to the Commission at the June meeting. In addition, the ITQ program has recently released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for grants that serve early elementary teachers in grades K-2, and a report on the progress of that competition is included. The report also briefly discusses the implications of reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 on program activity.
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Presented by: Karen Humphrey, Dr. Judi Kusnick, Dr. Gretchen Laue, Kathleen White
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Item 9: Update on the Commission’s University Eligibility Study for the Class of 2007
Staff will report on progress made in selecting a sample of California public high schools for the study.
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Presented by: Adrian Griffin
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Item 10: The Nexus Between Workforce Development and Postsecondary Education – A Research Update
Research continues for the third in the series of four reports in the Commission’s ongoing study of the Nexus between Workforce Development and Postsecondary Education. The third report describes what California colleges and universities are doing to address the State’s workforce needs. Commission staff are conducting a literature review and in May met with the Statutory Advisory Committee to clarify questions to be explored in the paper and to gather information on system workforce initiatives. This report describes progress on the research and plans for presentation of the third paper at the September Commission meeting.
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Presented by: Karen Humphrey
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Executive Session
Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(8), the California Postsecondary Education Commission will meet in closed session to discuss personnel matters.
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Item 11: Public Higher Education Performance Accountability Framework Report: Goal—Contributions to Economic, Civil, and Social Development—Measure: Educational Attainment of Population
This report evaluates the contribution of public higher education to raise educational attainment and the challenge of aligning postsecondary education with evolving educational needs of the State’s diverse population. The report highlights migration and mobility in the State’s population and presents options from improving educational outcomes. (Action)
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Presented by: Peter McNamee, Richard Moore
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Item 12: Public Higher Education Performance Accountability Framework Report: Goal—Contributions to Economic, Civil, and Social Development—Measure: Per Capita Income by Educational Attainment
This report evaluates the contribution of public higher education to raise per capita income in California. The report highlights how diversity in the State’s population impacts the need for higher education and presents options for improving income earning using postsecondary education programs. (Action)
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Presented by: Peter McNamee, Richard Moore
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Item 13: Public Higher Education Performance Accountability Framework Status Report:
This report is an update on progress toward completing the 17 accountability framework measure reports in 2007.
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Presented by: Peter McNamee , Richard Moore
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College/Degree & Occupation Information System
Mr. Cubillo will demonstrate the School To Employment Pathways System (STEPS) web-based tool. “STEPS” bridges the gap between higher education and employment occupation. It can be used by students to explore the number of California jobs in selected occupations, the number of degrees awarded in a related occupation, and to find institutions in the Commission’s College Guide that offer degrees associated with occupation requirements.
Presented by: Gus Cubillo
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