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College Track
College & Careers
March 27, 2020

Coronavirus crisis spurs high school seniors’ anxieties about college plans

The health crisis has high school seniors worried about college enrollment deadlines. Other concerns rise about grades and financial aid. Colleges promise some flexibility.

Larry Gordon
College & Careers
March 28, 2019

College admissions scandal upsetting to California's low-income students

Some students wonder whether their college spots are taken by affluent cheaters. Most still believe hard work in high school will land them at a good college.

Larry Gordon
Podcast
March 22, 2019

Episode 99: Low-income students strive for college access; what's next for Oakland Unified; community colleges lag in reaching goals

Tina Kim of the nonprofit College Track shares low-income kids' views of rich parents' tactics to get kids into prestigious colleges (they know what they're up against). Alameda County Schools Supt. L. Karen Monroe discusses what's ahead for Oakland Unified, and a look at California Community Colleges' slow start to transfer more students to CSU and UC.

EdSource staff
Commentary
October 2, 2018

Too many college students are not going back to school this fall

But social and emotional support can help more students succeed in college.

Omar Butler