In early 2023, John Douglass and I discussed the possibility of selectively expanding the scope and reach of ROPS authorship beyond the CSHE community for the first time in its twenty-five-year history. The most fruitful way ahead, we thought, would be to invite contributions organized around a special thematic issue: as of this publication, the third such special issue published by ROPS (the first two in October and November 2023). For this Special Issue, we wanted to take stock of higher education in California. As we wrote in the Call for Papers in April 2023: As we approach the quarter-...
