Postsecondary to Prosperity: A Conversation About Transforming an Inequitable System to Fuel Opportunity

California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy will host a live, one-hour webinar featuring Governor Gavin Newsom’s Senior Policy Advisor for Higher Education Dr. Lande Ajose and ECMC President Peter J. Taylor as panelists. California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez will moderate the conversation. The pandemic has made the need for new, innovative options in higher education clear and urgent. Highlights from California Competes’s upcoming Postsecondary to Prosperity Dashboard will be followed by a conversation about building an inclusive and equitable economic recovery for California. The online Dashboard offers metrics that allow users to assess educational opportunity, upward mobility in the workforce, and quality of life indicators such as commute time and homeownership rates throughout California’s diverse regions. The panelists will discuss how systems can be transformed so California’s post-pandemic future can be one where every Californian has the opportunity to thrive.