Community Colleges

October 25, 2022

Adjuncts sue California community college system, eight local districts over unpaid work hours

Adjuncts representing eight California community college districts statewide are suing for back pay to cover time spent outside the classroom meeting with students and other course work.

Thomas Peele

October 7, 2022

How California’s newest community college is shaping its identity

Madera Community College grows enrollment in a rural region and wins key $1 million grant.

Ashleigh Panoo

September 30, 2022

How should California address college student housing crisis?

Tens of thousands of college students in California are homeless or without stable housing. During an EdSource roundtable, panelists said more dorms will help but called for other solutions too.

Michael Burke

September 28, 2022

How California is responding to dire student housing shortage

Rising costs have exacerbated California's student housing crisis. The state is responding with plans for more on-campus dorms, and a new bill could make it easier for colleges to expand housing. Some campuses turned to short-term solutions.

Michael Burke, Ashley A. Smith, Betty Márquez Rosales, And Ashleigh Panoo

September 8, 2022

Can we axe remedial classes?

Despite efforts to limit remedial classes in California, many colleges are still offering them. What would it take to eliminate these courses?

EdSource staff

August 23, 2022

California colleges open for fall term with relaxed Covid rules

The fall term has arrived at California's public colleges, where Covid-19 restrictions have been eased. It's a stark contrast to last fall.

Michael Burke And Ashley A. Smith

August 11, 2022

California colleges now have centers to help students with basic needs like food and housing

As community college students return to their campuses, many will find one new resource to count on: a hub where they can seek support in meeting their basic needs.

Betty Márquez Rosales

August 11, 2022

Basic needs at the California community colleges | Quick Guide

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.

Betty Márquez Rosales

June 29, 2022

State auditor to probe how community colleges spent money meant to hire full-time faculty

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.

Thomas Peele

June 21, 2022

Campuses looking to offer housing for students and their children

Students in need of year-round, stable housing — rather than only during academic terms — face particular challenges when deciding which school to attend.

Betty Márquez Rosales

June 13, 2022

Dozens of California community colleges planning to offer remedial classes in violation of law, report says

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.

Michael Burke

May 12, 2022

Advocates of major changes to Cal Grant look to Newsom

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.

Michael Burke

April 22, 2022

Cost, emotional stress leading to enrollment challenges at colleges, study finds

With colleges in California and elsewhere suffering from enrollment drops, a new survey offers insight on why students aren't attending.

Michael Burke

April 21, 2022

Students fight for mental health hotlines on ID's

College students wrote a bill that would require California colleges to print a local mental health hotline on student I.D. cards.

EdSource staff

April 6, 2022

Bills to aid community college adjuncts advance in California Assembly

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.

Thomas Peele