Tag: Eloy Ortiz Oakley

August 6, 2018

Timeline for new California online college 'aggressive' but doable, says community college chancellor

The California Online College legally exists and is fully funded, but many details are not yet in place even as it is under a tight deadline to begin enrolling students by the final quarter of 2019.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

August 2, 2018

California’s online community college will break new ground in higher ed

There are plenty of online colleges but none are like what California is planning.

Nico Savidge

July 25, 2018

New pathway gives California community college students guaranteed admission to private colleges

Azusa Pacific University, Mills College, Pepperdine and University of San Francisco are some of the 36 colleges involved.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

July 16, 2018

As Gov. Brown urges work on new online college, community college faculty drop their opposition

With state funding secure, plans are underway for the first students to enroll in the fall of 2019. The new college will serve the 2.5 million so-called stranded workers who lack a college degree but need skills to advance

Mikhail Zinshteyn

May 11, 2018

Gov. Brown offers $200 million for university repairs, advances community college reforms

Also threatens to trim other funding if the universities raises tuition and as a result triggers automatic increases in state aid for students. 

Mikhail Zinshteyn And Larry Gordon

May 2, 2018

Trust students, not tests, to open pathway to community college success

How students do in high school is a better indicator than proficiency tests to determine if they are ready for college-level courses.

Jacqui Irwin and Eloy Ortiz Oakley

April 24, 2018

Medical coding becomes first program in proposed California online community college

Medical coders training fills a need in California for some 1,600 coders annually through 2024.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

April 20, 2018

Lawmakers question Gov. Brown’s plan to overhaul funding for California’s community colleges

Some lawmakers are saying it is rushed and lacks enough buy-in from college presidents and faculty. Others worry the plan itself may cost the colleges and their students financially.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

April 11, 2018

California's online college proposal ignites support among workers and opposition among some lawmakers

“This is a game changer for workers,” said Rebecca Miller, the political director of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, at a March legislative hearing about Brown’s proposal.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

April 11, 2018

Guaranteed transfer path from community college to University of California announced

The University of California and California's Community Colleges announce an agreement that is expected to boost the number of students who can transfer to UC.

Larry Gordon

January 26, 2018

Gov. Brown promotes $100 million online community college but faculty concerns remain

Brown said his proposal would help workers who have no other options and won't compete with bricks and mortar schools or the existing community colleges, or UC or CSU.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

January 17, 2018

California higher education leaders urge Dreamers to reapply quickly for DACA protection

A recent court ruling gives undocumented California students a window to renew their DACA applications, officials said. Meanwhile, they urge the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to protect the 700,000 or so undocumented young people nationwide who previously had protection against deportation.

Larry Gordon

January 10, 2018

Brown's budget seeks big changes to community college funding and online learning

Brown's budget includes $100 million to create new online community college

Mikhail Zinshteyn And Larry Gordon

December 8, 2017

Online-only California community college to target 'stranded workers'

Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing for California to establish a fully online community college to serve under-skilled workers.

Louis Freedberg

November 13, 2017

Gov. Brown's plan for online-only community college provokes pushback

Both faculty leaders and members of the Board of Governors – the group that oversees the 114-campus system – said the process for creating an online college is rushed and expressed skepticism about the merits of a fully online college program.

Mikhail Zinshteyn