Eloy Oakley: Postsecondary education is a key to building California’s economy

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest today is Eloy Oakley, the President of the College Futures Foundation. He earlier served as Chancellor of California’s Community Colleges and was on the Board of Regents for the University of California. Oakley himself is a community college success story – he attended Golden West College before transferring to UC Irvine where he earned a BA and MBA. He argues that postsecondary attainment isn’t just an education issue, it’s an economic one. The research backs him up: studies suggest that California could unlock trillions of dollars in long-term economic gains by better developing the talent that’s already here.

1:09 The Insurance Commissioner race

1:22 The Tribes vs. prediction markets

1:52 The undervote

3:38 Post-Mortem of the Election

4:53 Eloy Oakley

8:12 A different definition of “college”

10:56 Advice: Broaden your education

13:23 A Working Learner

17:08 The changing labor market

19:53 What the candidates for governor say

23:42 The Golden Ticket

27:01 Funding

29:14 A clear through line between education and better economic outcomes

31:32 Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics?