CPEC

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The Resurrection?

Byuclafaculty

[More in our Regents coverage.  See earlier posts.]  The Regents spent some time on the old Master Plan for Higher Ed.  There was discussion, according to news reports, among representatives of UC, CSU, and the community colleges on better coordination. …“This report shines an important light on the need to have a central body whose sole focus is guiding the Legislature, governor and our three higher education segments as we plan and build for the future,” (Assembly speaker John Pérez) said. Full story at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-college-reports-20140123,0,5215408.story Um, does no one remember  CPEC, which still exists in ghostly form as a website…

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Needs Improvement

Byuclafaculty

For many years, California had an agency known as CPEC, the California Postsecondary Education Commission.  CPEC was supposed to coordinate the three public segments of higher ed with the private higher ed institutions.  It was a successor to an earlier agency connected with the 1960 Master Plan.  CPEC basically gathered data on higher ed, wrote reports, etc.  However, in 2011, Governor Brown zeroed out the CPEC budget with a line-item veto.  All that remains is a website:http://www.cpec.ca.gov/ CPEC was run by a commission consisting of political appointees and members of public higher ed governing boards – for UC, the Regents…

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LAO seems to really miss CPEC now that it’s gone

Byuclafaculty

As readers of earlier blog posts will know, Governor Brown line-item vetoed CPEC (California Postsecondary Education Commission) out of existence by eliminating its funding in the current year state budget.  CPEC was created to coordinate and evaluate the provision of higher ed in California under the Master Plan – public and private. Now the LAO (Legislative Analyst’s Office) thinks that some kind of replacement for CPEC is needed to monitor higher ed.  LAO seems to want performance standards, much of which deals with flows into and out of higher ed institutions. It is interesting that the state generally, not just…

CPEC Officially Closed Yesterday

Byuclafaculty

The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) officially closed yesterday after being line-item vetoed from this year’s budget by the governor. Below is the final press release and the “About Us” segment of the CPEC website for some historical background. California Postsecondary Education Commission to close doors on November 18 SACRAMENTO — November 14, 2011 — The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC), the state’s independent agency for higher education policy planning, research and analysis, will close its doors on Friday, November 18, 2011. The Commission’s funding for 2011-12 was eliminated by Governor Brown in a line item budget veto on June…

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CPEC Says Goodbye

Byuclafaculty

CPEC – the California Postsecondary Education Commission – is in the process of going out of business, since it was zeroed out in the most recent state budget. As the webshot immediately above indicates, the CPEC website will go dark sometime this month. In the meantime, however, you can still find data on higher ed, such as the chart at the top comparing UC and U of Texas tuition. (You could probably have guessed – without the chart – which has become more expensive in recent years.) Since the website is soon to be toast, some info on CPEC’s closure…

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Gone: The End of CPEC

Byuclafaculty

From the LA Times today: …Brown completely eliminated the California Postsecondary Education Commission, saving $1.9 million. For nearly four decades, the panel has coordinated planning between California’s three branches of higher education — the California State University and University of California systems and the community colleges. In his veto message, Brown called the commission ineffective… Full article at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20110701,0,1204898.story It was swell while it lasted: