A New Plan for a New Economy: Reimagining Higher Education

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2013

For Additional Information Contact:
Stuart Drown, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meeting

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct its third public hearing on higher education in California. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Building T, Room 1100, on the campus of Long Beach City College, 4901 East Carson Street in Long Beach, CA.

The Little Hoover Commission is reviewing California’s higher education system. The February 26 hearing will focus on the issues of financing and student aid, online education and the role of the faculty.

The Commission will hear first about postsecondary financing and student aid from the president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The Commission also will be given the opportunity to learn about massive open online courses (MOOCs) from the co-founders of Coursera and Udacity Inc. along with the chief executive officer at the Twenty Million Minds Foundation. They will discuss efforts to integrate MOOCs into the public higher education curriculum. The interim director of UC Online Education and the executive director of Cal State Online will provide an overview of the progress made by the University of California and California State University systems in offering online courses. In the same panel, the president of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers will discuss whether the focus on online is distracting attention from more important issues. The final panel includes chairs of both the UC and CSU Academic Senates. They will address the role of the faculty and efforts to increase college affordability.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments. Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in Building T, Room 2002. Immediately following the business meeting, the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Little Hoover Commission will meet in Building T, Room 2002, to discuss the status of the study and next steps for potential recommendations.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s website, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2012

For additional information contact:
Stuart Drown, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Public Meeting

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing on higher education in California. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 2040 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

The Little Hoover Commission is reviewing California’s higher education system. In this hearing, the Commissioners will explore proposals to operate the system more efficiently, the state’s role in fostering alliances between regional education institutions and performance-based funding.

The Commission will hear first about new approaches to expand higher education opportunities from a senior research fellow with the Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley. The Commission will also be given an overview of The Long Beach Promise Program from representatives from each participating institution: an assistant to the superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District; the superintendent and president of the Long Beach Community College; and the president of California State University, Long Beach. The Long Beach panelists have been asked to discuss key elements of the program and how they could be applied on a statewide basis. The Commission also will be given the opportunity to learn about performance-based funding from the president of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, along with a senior policy specialist from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments. Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in the Blue Anchor Building at 1400 10th Street, Conference Room #202, Sacramento. An additional teleconference location accessible to the public during the business meeting will be at the University of Nevada, Reno, Lawlor Event Center, 1500 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s Web site, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445- 2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Tuesday, October 16, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2012

For additional information contact:
Stuart Drown, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Revised Notice of Public Meeting Moved to New Location

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing on higher education in California. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 2040 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

The Little Hoover Commission is reviewing California’s higher education system and will focus on the impact of budget cuts, governance, the future of online education, student access, and the challenges to providing an affordable secondary education.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s Web site, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 21, 2012.