[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17132]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF DR. CHARLES B. REED AFTER 14 YEARS OF SERVICE 
                   TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

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                           HON. GEORGE MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 13, 2012

  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with other 
members of the California Delegation; Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Ken 
Calvert, Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Howard McKeon, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. 
Jerry Lewis, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Mike Honda, Rep. Jerry McNerney, 
Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Grace Napolitano, 
Rep. Pete Stark, Rep. John Garamendi, Rep. Brad Sherman, Rep. Mike 
Thompson, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Lois Capps, Rep. 
Jim Costa, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Janice Hahn, Rep. Henry Waxman, 
Rep. Howard Berman, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. 
Loretta Sanchez, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Rep. Doris Matsui, Rep. Laura 
Richardson, Rep. Joe Baca, Rep. Jackie Speier, Rep. Sam Farr to thank 
Chancellor Charles B. Reed for his service to the California State 
University (CSU) system, California, and the country. Dr. Reed has 
served as the head of the California State University system for the 
past 14 years, and will be stepping down in the coming weeks. During 
his tenure, Dr. Reed demonstrated an unwavering commitment to serving 
the needs of all students and significantly improving access to 
underrepresented students.
  Including his 13 years as the chancellor of the Florida State 
University system, Chancellor Reed spent more than a quarter-century as 
the leader of the country's largest higher educational systems. He 
earned national and international recognition as an innovator, problem-
solver and strategic thinker and as one of the country's premier 
experts on P-16 collaboration, institutional aid, and outreach to 
underserved students. More than 1.5 million students have earned 
degrees that bear his signature.
  During his time at CSU, Dr. Reed championed a number of efforts to 
promote access to postsecondary education for all qualified students, 
regardless of family background. Chancellor Reed reached beyond the 
walls of CSU to ensure that disadvantaged and first generation students 
and their families were prepared for, and had the tools to succeed in, 
postsecondary education. To do so, he created the ``How to Get to 
College'' poster--printed in eight different languages which describes 
the steps that middle and high school students and their families need 
to take to prepare and apply for college and financial aid. 
Additionally, Dr. Reed was the driving force behind efforts to enroll 
minority students in postsecondary education. Every February, CSU 
leaders visit more than 100 African-American churches in California, 
and the CSU system partners with the Parent Institute for Quality 
Education to help Latino families prepare for college success. Today, 
52 percent of students at CSU are minority. CSU, under the Chancellor's 
direction, has become a leader in helping veterans, service members, 
and their families by working with California's military base 
commanders and taking significant steps to make its campuses veteran 
friendly.
  Chancellor Reed is a champion for a number of higher education issues 
critical not only to CSU and California, but to the country as a whole. 
As Chancellor, he fought for increases to the Pell Grant program, and 
fought to prevent eligibility changes that could have reduced aid to 
the neediest students. Today, CSU graduates over 35,000 Pell recipients 
each year. Further, Dr. Reed was a leader in designing and implementing 
the Voluntary System of Accountability, a program created by public 
colleges and universities to provide families with accessible, 
transparent, and comparable information about institutions of higher 
education. The Chancellor has also been supportive in sparking 
innovative approaches to teacher preparation, including using 
evaluation for continuous program improvement. And, Dr. Reed was a 
driving force behind a new California law that established a transfer 
Associate of Arts degree, and simplifying the process for community 
college students to transfer to CSU.
  We again thank Dr. Reed for his service. He is an ardent supporter of 
CSU and a champion for affordable, high quality higher education in 
California and throughout the country. We hope Dr. Reed will continue 
to advise and engage policymakers on these issues, especially as 
Congress prepares for the next reauthorization of the Higher Education 
Act.

Mike Thompson, Jerry McNerney, Karen Bass, Judy Chu, Fortney Pete 
    Stark, Brad Sherman, Lynn C. Woolsey, Anna G. Eshoo, Zoe Lofgren, 
    Grace F. Napolitano, John Garamendi, Michael M. Honda, Barbara Lee, 
    Lois Capps, Maxine Waters, Henry A. Waxman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, 
    Susan A. Davis, Linda T. Sanchez, Jim Costa, Janice Hahn, Howard L. 
    Berman, Adam B. Schiff, Loretta Sanchez, Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, 
    Xavier Becerra, Jackie Speier, Laura Richardson, Sam Farr, Doris O. 
    Matsui, Ken Calvert, Joe Baca, Jerry Lewis, Nancy Pelosi.

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