California Community Colleges must now offer a basic needs center at all 115 of its physical campuses. Most centers will offer food and housing support to begin.
The state legislature last year approved $100 million so community college districts could hire more full-time faculty. Now, state auditors will examine charges that some districts spent the money on other costs.
Students in need of year-round, stable housing — rather than only during academic terms — face particular challenges when deciding which school to attend.
The California Acceleration Project found that 47 colleges are planning to offer remedial math classes this fall. The group says AB 1705, newly proposed legislation is needed to address that trend.
After California Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall vetoed an overhaul of the state's main financial aid program, advocates for change are hopeful he will support their proposals this year.
A pair of bills aimed at giving California's part-time community college instructors something approaching equity with their full-time peers won easy approval in an Assembly committee, but their ultimate fate remains uncertain.
A lawsuit by two community college adjunct professors contends violations of California's minimum wage law. The case could impact colleagues statewide.
An EdSource roundtable addresses the challenges and barriers facing community college students as they prepare to transfer to University of California and California State University campuses.
Black and Latino students in Los Angeles are less likely than white peers to go to college and earn a degree, and more needs to be done to close the gap, new report finds.
California Assemblyman Jose Medina sat down with EdSource to reflect on his years as Higher Education Committee chairman and outline his priorities for his last year in office.