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Future U: Envisioning your Path to College
CHEPA is exploring the use of technology to supplement what college counseling services exist in public schools. The provost's office at USC has provided the Center with $800,000 in subvention funding for the next three years to help kick-start the initiative. In making the funds available to the Center, Provost Max Nikias stated, "USC has a long-standing tradition of working on initiatives that will improve the economic and social well-being of society. Improving access to higher education is crucial for America's competitiveness in a global economy. CHEPA's track-record with providing research-based answers to public policy questions combined with the technological expertise of the Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts makes this project compelling and promising."
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The Compass: Bill Tierney, CHEPA Director
Over the last several years the Center has expanded its focus on international higher education in several ways. Most recently, I returned from a sabbatical in Malaysia and Australia where I was struck yet again by how out of the mainstream most of American higher education is with regard to global currents. Although many of us currently think of higher education as a market, I remain unconvinced that such thinking is a fruitful metaphor for strategic planning about how the university should be involved beyond our borders. Joseph Stiglitz has noted how universities are in the business of knowledge production. "Knowledge is a public good," he observes, "and restricting knowledge leads to inefficiency - a lower pace of innovation."Click here to read the article
Higher Education for the Next Administration?
In this issue we asked C.L. Max Nikias, Jorge Klor de Alva, John Katzman, and Sidney Harman to respond to the question, “What is the most important agenda item in higher education for the next administration?”
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First Person: On Being Repotted…
Dr. Alex Jun, Associate Professor of Clinical Education for the Masters Program at the Rossier School of Education and faculty member for CHEPA discusses his future and bittersweet departure from USC. Click here to read the article.
Community Outreach Programs
CHEPA Kicks-off 4th Year:
Increasing Access via Mentoring Program (I AM)
This year the IAM (Increasing Access via Mentoring) program is partnering with 15 high schools within LAUSD preparing over 110 seniors navigate their way through the college admissions and financial aid process. The IAM program has also recruited 55 mentors from the USC campus including graduate students, staff and faculty to work with these students one-on one in providing additional information and support. For an update on this Fall's program please
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SummerTIME 2008 a Success
| The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) held its 7th Annual SummerTIME Writing Program from July 3rd to August 1st at the main USC campus. One hundred and fourteen first-generation college bound students from throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District completed the rigorous 4-week curriculum. | |  |
SummerTIME 2008 would not be possible without the generous support from the Ahmanson Foundation, the Angell Foundation, the College Access Foundation of California, the Joseph Drown Foundation, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Click here to read the article.
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