Green Lights Red Tape & Improving Access to Financial Aid at California’S Community Colleges
a green lights red tape & improving access to financial aid at california’s community colleges december 2007 Acknowledgements This report was researched and written by Deborah Frankle Cochrane, with Hilda Hernández-Gravelle. Robert Shireman, Lauren Asher, Edie Irons, Mari Luna De La Rosa, and Erin Bogan also made significant contributions to the report. While the conclusions are our own, we would like to thank the following individuals for their advice, expertise, and support in the production of this report: Rosa Armendáriz, Tim Bonnel, Pamela Burdman, Nancy Coolidge, Marcia Cosgrove, Diana Fuentes- Michel, Mary Gill, Brad Hardison, Andrew LaManque, Linda Michalowski, Frank Ramon, Nancy Shulock, Abdi Soltani, and William Zumeta. We are also grateful to the college administrators and specialists outside of the California Community College system who made important contributions to our context and findings. We would like to especially thank the many administrators and staff we interviewed at the following California community colleges, who were generous with their time, thoughts, and opinions: Chaffey College, City College of San Francisco, College of the Redwoods, College of Marin, Columbia College, Contra Costa College, De Anza College, Folsom Lake College, Fresno City College, Glendale Community College, Grossmont College, Imperial Valley College, Long Beach City College, Los Angeles Pierce College, Palomar College, San Bernardino Valley College, San Diego City College, Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Rosa Junior College, Victor Valley College, and Yuba College. This report was made possible by the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation. The views in the report are those of the Institute for College Access & Success and do not necessarily reflect the views of these funders.
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