The agency best suited to lead the discussion on California higher education is now closed, its knowledgeable staff scattered, the fate of its databases and remaining responsibilities unresolved. Funding for the California Postsecondary Education Commission, formerly charged with coordinating the state’s higher education system, was vetoed earlier this year for what the administration described as its ineffectiveness. It closed it’s door Nov. 18, saving the state an estimated $1.9 million. But in fact, the agency had played an important role as the only independent body looking at statewide needs across the tiers of higher education. And, perhaps even more crucially, CPEC collected, linked, and refined years of student data from each system, a critical tool for assessing the state’s educational needs. All gone, with the stroke of a blue pencil.

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by Alisen Boada, Capitol Weekly.

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.