Andrea Venezia

Andrea Venezia is an associate professor in the public policy and administration department California State University, Sacramento, where she is also executive director of the Education Insights Center (EdInsights). Her work focuses on improving student readiness for, and success in, some form of postsecondary education, particularly for students who are traditionally underserved. Venezia previously worked at WestEd, where she focused on high school reform; state and federal policies for college and career readiness; and community college readiness and success. She has also been senior policy analyst at the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, and director of Stanford University's Bridge Project, the first large-scale national study that documented state policy barriers inhibiting student progression from high school to college. She has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous reports, chapters, articles, and books, including Supporting the College Dream and Minding the Gap: Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It. She received her PhD in public policy from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

updated 2019