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Center Highlights
Center for California Studies
The Center for California Studies is the home of the Capital Fellows
Programs -- nationally recognized public policy fellowships which offer
unique experiences in policy-making and development in each branch
of California’s state government. Our top accomplishment for the year
was obtaining funding in the 2025 state budget to increase the fellows’
salary, making the fellows programs more affordable and accessible
to individuals from all walks of life and all life experiences. The budget
increase allows us to increase the fellows’ salary from $3253 a month to
$4888 a month. This higher salary helps offset the rising cost of housing
in Sacramento, and also ensures that individuals of limited means can
participate in the programs.
Photo courtesy of CCS
Education Insights Center (EdInsights)
This year Education Insights Center (EdInsights) has welcomed
several new staff members – including Adwoa Akyianu, Beth
Hart, and Sophia Morrison. EdInsights began or continued
work on several equity focused evaluation projects with
partners like the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s
Office and Sacramento City College. In partnership with
the Center for California Studies, we welcomed our ninth
California Education Policy Fellowship Program cohort. We’re
also facilitating the CSU Student Success Network’s ninth year
of programming with a redesign of the Middle Leadership
Academy, continued partnership with the CSU Asian American,
Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Student Achievement
Program, and a systemwide convening on servingness across
Minority Serving Institution designations.
The EdInsights team volunteering at Pansy Community Garden Park with
Alchemist CDC, October 2025
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
The Institute for Social Research (ISR) partnered with the California Department
of Public Health (CDPH) on a new guide for evidence-based, community-driven
firearm violence prevention strategies. The California Public Health Roadmap
for Firearm Violence Prevention is based in research and real community
experiences, including interviews with violence prevention experts across the
U.S., listening sessions with community members impacted by violence, and
surveys from California’s county public health and behavioral health agencies.
ISR presented strategies from the report at a CDPH convening of state and local
leaders in violence prevention in October. ISR is proud to have contributed to
this effort and to showcase the expertise, dedication, and lived experience of
violence prevention leaders and organizations across the state. For questions
about the guide, contact isr-info@csus.edu.
Photo courtesy of cdph.ca.gov
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