Himelstein Re-elected to CCC Board of Governors

Congratulations to Scott Himelstein, CEPAL Director, who was recently re-elected to his position as President of California Community Colleges Board of Governors. Scott has served on the Board since 2008, and was quoted in the Board's press release published last week: "I am honored to serve as president of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for another year. The Student Success Task Force has been working on a plan to address completion hurdles and improve educational achievement rates for students. I'm looking forward to working with the task force to adopt a plan to submit to the Legislature in March." Click here for the full press release.

Noted Researcher to Join CEPAL Staff

CEPAL is pleased to announce that with the expansion of our research projects and activities, we have selected Roxanne Ruzic, a noted researcher, as our Associate Director for Social Science Research. She will oversee the empirical dimension of our work in collaboration with affiliated faculty, graduate students, and outside researchers. Dr. Ruzic has her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University, a second master’s degree from Harvard, and a doctorate from Harvard with a focus on qualitative and quantitative research methods and design. She has served as a research scientist and instructional designer, conducted research projects as teaching fellow and research assistant at Harvard, and continues her work as a research consultant in San Diego. She also is an instructor in the Leadership Studies Department in the USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences. Prof. Frank Kemerer, who started CEPAL with Director Scott Himelstein, will continue as Associate Director for Legal Research and Academics.