A number of people have been instrumental in bringing this report to fruition. I am first of all grateful to Pat Callan, Joni Finney and William Doyle of The California Higher Education Policy Center. In this, and both of the other projects we have done together, I have enormously appreciated their support, wisdom, and spirit of cooperation.

As always, I have also relied heavily on the support and insights of my colleagues at Public Agenda, including Deborah Wadsworth, Jean Johnson and Margaret Dunning.

I am particularly grateful to Chris Perry and the members of Public Agenda's research staff, Steve Farkas, Will Friedman, Ann Duffett, and Ali Bers, whose keen analysis and attention to detail I could not have done without. I also thank Zarela Maldonado, Deborah Kozart and Vincent Aliperti for their help with the tables and charts as well as proofreading and editing.