Getting Students Back to School
Calling the cops: Policing in California schools
Black teachers: How to recruit them and make them stay
Lessons in Higher Education: California and Beyond
Superintendents: Well paid and walking away
Keeping California public university options open
California leads the nation in many areas of higher education, including educating the largest number of state university students at 458,000 and community college students at 1.9 million.
The state is also grappling with issues that are being tackled by other public universities across the country, such as academic freedom, improving graduation rates especially among underrepresented students; making it easier for students to transfer from community college campuses to public universities; and harnessing the power of dual admission as two colleges are doing in Northern Virginia.
This is a continuing EdSource series on issues and innovations in higher education that relate to the problems facing California’s higher education systems.
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March 07, 2024
As California tries to improve its dismal transfer results, a dual admission program in Virginia could be a model.
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California’s community colleges are barred by state law from offering bachelor’s degrees in fields like education and nursing, even in remote areas without a four-year university. That’s not the case in Washington.
State funding for Texas State Technical College depends on graduates’ pay. Majors include robotics, welding, cybersecurity and cooking.
The goal is to support life-long learning at schools and workplaces.
The conflict in Gaza has rekindled efforts to control controversy and conversation on campuses. The UC system could be the latest to weigh in.
Panelists discussed dual admission as a solution for easing the longstanding challenges in California’s transfer system.
Getting students to fully return to school in the wake of the pandemic remains a struggle for many districts nationwide and in California. While absenteeism has improved, it remains above pandemic levels. The challenge has put a focus on strategies to help students to return from expanded mental health and counseling to better transportation, even incentives like recess in schools, cash payments and teacher mentors. It's a mission with a different vibe than the truancy efforts of years past when districts turned to the courts to make parents accountable.
An EdSource investigation of school policing reveals the vast presence of police in California.
Research shows having a Black teacher in the classroom has a positive impact on students, but the number of Black teachers is declining.
Politics, stress and threats — leftovers from pandemic school closures — are making it easy for many veteran California superintendents to leave for other jobs, or to retire.
