Education and Equity
What We’re Working On
Zero-Textbook Cost Program
California invested $115 million to develop Zero-Textbook Cost degree pathways for associate degrees and CTE certificate programs, which will improve students’ and educators' access to quality, accessible, and free course materials. The Board of Governors is now considering how best to disperse these funds and implement the program.
Open Educational Resources
We work to make education and occupational opportunities more accessible to system-impacted individuals. By advocating for policies that reduce barriers system-impacted people face, we strive to reduce recidivism and improve equitable access to opportunities.
Increasing Opportunity for Pregnant & Parenting Students
MCPP is a sponsor of AB 2881 by Assemblymember Berman which will remove barriers student parents face at community colleges, CSUs, and UCs by providing student parents with priority enrollment, establish a student parent webpage at each campus, and increase awareness for the opportunity to take advantage of the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
The Latest
A history of systemic and financial barriers has stunted college students' abilities to stay enrolled, graduate, and utilize their degrees to improve their quality of life. Students face obstacles including publishing cartels limiting their ability to access education resources, internet service providers' limitations to broadband access, and the increasing burden on all students - regardless of their history - to be housed and healthy.
The Michelson Center for Public Policy will utilize its influence and leverage to work with government agencies and pass legislation to combat these inequities.