Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Professor & Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion,
University of California, Los Angeles
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar is an education professor and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion at UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. She is also a faculty director at Policy Analysis for California Education. Dr. Rios-Aguilar's work focuses on improving the educational and occupational trajectories of underrepresented and marginalized groups of students. She is past director of the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA. Professor Rios-Aguilar received her Ph.D. in educational theory and policy from the University of Rochester.
Publications by Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
A Promise to What, for Whom, and Where?
This brief describes the types of college promises that exist in the state of California. In doing so, we summarize existing research on this topic. Furthermore, we provide a framework to study the California Promise Program in community colleges in…
Perspectives from the 2019 PACE/USC Rossier Poll
California voters ranked college affordability as the second most important education policy issue in the 2019 PACE/USC Rossier poll, a concern reflected in Governor Gavin Newsom’s first budget proposal and in a number of bills currently progressing…
Opportunities for Research, Policy, and Practice
Due to fragmented and misaligned segments of public education, many students lack access to educational opportunities that will ensure their success in college and career. This problem is one that may only be solved through better alignment and…