California State University

California State University , Long Beach THE MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM presents

The recent proof of the Poincar Conjecture, a century-old problem in 3-dimensional geometry, has made many headlines this summer. I will explain what the Poincar Conjecture was, and also introduce its less talked about (but perhaps more important) extension the Geometrization Conjecture. I will try to convey why topologists cared about these problems, and what the current and future impact of t...

University of California , Santa Barbara

University of California Archaeological Survey

Postsecondary Preparation and Remediation: Examining the Effect of the Early Assessment Program at California State University

In this paper we investigate how participation in the Early Assessment Program, which provides California high school juniors with information about their academic readiness for college-level work at California State University campuses, affects their college-going behavior and need for remediation in college. Using administrative records from California State University,–Sacramento and the Cal...

The Suburbanization of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients by Kenya Covington California State University Northridge

An analysis of data on the location of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients in the 100 largest U.S metropolitan areas in 2000 and 2008 finds that: • By 2008 roughly half (49.4 percent) of all HCV recipients lived in suburban areas. That represents a 2.1 percentage point increase in the suburbanization rate of HCV recipients compared to 2000. However, by 2008 HCV recipients remained less subu...