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Misty Loetterle is a career coach with the Goldman School's recently launched Master of Public Affairs degree program. Below, she discusses what ignited her interest in career coaching and what are great questions for mid-career folks to be asking. What got you interested in career coaching in the first place? What opportunity did you see for this type of role? My entire career has been focused on recruitment and talent development, but it wasn't until I was a…

On Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that bans the arrival of Syrian refugees, suspends refugee resettlement for 120 days and reduces the number of refugees who will enter the country from 110,000 to 50,000. The order also bans travel from Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Iran, Sudan and Libya for 90 days. Early Saturday we learned that this ban also included legal permanent residents and visa holders, an interpretation which led to the inhumane and illegal detention of families, students, and…

President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California issued the following statement on Sunday, January 29, 2017: We are deeply concerned by the recent executive order that restricts the ability of our students, faculty, staff, and other members of the UC community from certain countries from being able to enter or return to the United States. While maintaining the security of the nation's visa system is critical, this executive order is contrary to the values we hold dear…

Despite a long history of supporting foster youth’s academic success, California failed to comply with a federal deadline requiring all states to submit plans on how to pay for those students’ transportation to school. In 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, the first major overhaul of federal education policy in more than a decade. ESSA included a handful of provisions and mandates regarding the educational stability of students in foster care, who fare far worse…

You founded the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) and served as its president for 30+ years. What need did you see that led you to found this organization?  Are there milestones you are particularly proud of from your tenure there? I founded CCAP with a bipartisan group of 7 state Governors led by Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl, early in President Reagan’s second term. This was a time when environmental policy was under attack and air pollution and acid…

The reported 22 percent average increase in its premiums last year was perhaps the sharpest dagger plunged into the Affordable Care Act. But a better measure that reflects what enrollees actually paid tells a very different story. Indeed, using that measure, it would seem that the California Affordable Care Act marketplace — known as Covered California — is a success that President-elect Donald Trump should look at closely to model. Health insurance in the Affordable Care Act is sold…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of high school seniors make bad choices about where—or whether—to go to college. Some who would excel at top-ranked institutions opt for second-tier institutions. And more than 200,000 students who have been accepted by colleges never enroll. The good news is that, for students in both groups, a dollop of information or a helpful nudge can change their decisions. Many high achievers from poor families don’t even consider elite schools.…