The collapse of community college enrollment: Can California turn it around?
After community college enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the tide of departing students and bring...
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NCAA tournament: Former Warriors coach returns to Bay Area for Sweet 16...
SAN FRANCISCO — Two decades after a two-year stint as coach of the Golden State Warriors that ended with him being fired, Eric Musselman makes a triumphant return to the Bay Area this week, leading his...
View ArticleBlackstone adds to student housing portfolio with $13 billion deal
By Dawn Lim | Bloomberg Blackstone Inc. is betting big on U.S. property with a deal to buy student-housing operator American Campus Communities Inc. for $12.8 billion. The all-cash transaction is the...
View ArticleOpinion: Research shows remedial courses hurt college students. A lot.
As a community college English professor, I used to specialize in teaching remedial classes. I am deeply committed to the open-access mission of California community colleges, and I know that not...
View ArticleSan Francisco public school kids get $11 million in college savings, more to...
SAN FRANCISCO – At San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday, 17 first graders from Bryant Elementary School helped deposit the 11 millionth dollar into a college savings fund that will help each and every...
View ArticleOpinion: UC, CSU should stop requiring applicants graduate high school
Why should you need a high school degree to go to university in California? In 2020, the state’s public schools ditched their students, shutting K-12 campuses for over a year and providing ineffective...
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Opinion: Why UCLA quitting the Pac-12 hurts student athletes and Cal
It’s no secret that college sports is a multibillion-dollar business that mostly ignores the needs of student athletes. That’s why I authored a 2019 law that made California the first state to give...
View Article2 UC schools in Top 20 list are the only ones charging less than $50,000...
By Ella Ceron | Bloomberg The cost of higher education is climbing upward, and attending one of the top schools in the country comes with a price tag to match: Nineteen of the top 20 national...
View ArticleOpinion: Deliver students from debt by investing in state schools
President Joe Biden is going to spend several hundred billion dollars to cancel the debts of millions of college students. This big outlay will probably bolster his standing among graduates in the...
View ArticleOpinion: Why students, parents should ignore US News college rankings
I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. In fact, I never even thought of applying, and you probably didn’t either. This month, U.S. News & World Report decided to demote Columbia University from No....
View ArticleFormer CSU chancellor fumbled sexual harassment complaints, probe confirms
A report released Thursday, Sept. 29, by the California State University Chancellor’s Office confirmed allegations that former Chancellor Joseph Castro failed to properly address sexual harassment...
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View ArticleCalifornia college president allegedly interfered with high-profile campus...
The president of Cal Poly Pomona has routinely interfered with high-profile criminal investigations at the university, including a 2017 incident when she prohibited campus police from searching a...
View ArticleLetters: Refineries’ monitoring | More complex | Legislature’s scheme | Vegan...
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Refineries must beef up their monitoring Fenceline monitors at refineries are required to protect neighbors from...
View ArticleLos Gatos church launches scholarship for San Jose high school students
Before Andrew Hill High School alumnus Kenny Luu entered San Jose State University this fall, he got a little help with his expenses via a scholarship from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Los Gatos....
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Embattled California Christian college under federal investigation for fraud,...
An Anza-based Christian college with satellite schools across the world has been the target of a three-year federal investigation triggered by a frantic 911 call to Riverside County authorities from a...
View ArticleVote by UC graduate student workers to ratify labor agreement exposes a sharp...
LOS ANGELES — As University of California graduate student union leaders and supporters celebrated Saturday the ratification of a new labor agreement that ended a historic strike, the vote also exposed...
View ArticleOpinion: California must reverse community college enrollment decline
Enrollment at California’s 116 community colleges has fallen from the pre-pandemic peak of 2.1 million to 1.8 million, a decline of over 14%. It is critical that enrollment increases in the nation’s...
View ArticleOpinion: Use of adjuncts is bad for faculty, students and the country
Today’s word is “adjunctification.” Adjunctification is the process by which the gig economy is imposed on America’s colleges and universities and turns formerly tenured professors and instructors into...
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