October 17, 2019
CSU graduation rates improve but still far from some goals
CSU shows progress but work remains to hit graduation targets. Up two points, only 27.5 percent of students who entered as freshmen finished in four years.
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Timothy White
August 23, 2019
Boosting California college graduations is governor panel's first task
Education leaders will privately advise Gov. Newsom on college access and success. Some experts want the group to have more authority.
Larry Gordon
January 22, 2019
Cal State pledges to freeze tuition in response to governor's budget plan
CSU tuition will be frozen for a second year in a row at $5,742 annually for full time undergraduates who are California residents. Undergraduates taking six or fewer credits still would pay $3,330.
Larry Gordon
November 8, 2018
Cal State starts new era, ending no-credit remedial classes
Faculty sought a year's delay before dropping non-credit remedial courses but CSU went ahead this fall. So far, prospects seem promising.
Larry Gordon
October 17, 2018
Cal State system reports improvement in graduation rates
Cal State system's ambitious Graduation Initiative 2025 seeks a huge increase in completion rates by the middle of the next decade. Efforts include adding classes, improving counseling and urging students to take full course loads.
Larry Gordon
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
April 20, 2018
Cal State decides not to raise tuition as legislators support more funds
The Cal State system drops its plan to raise tuition by $228 to $5,970 for California undergraduates. Praising that freeze, Legislature leaders say they will seek to provide the university more state money.
Larry Gordon
March 20, 2018
Cal State admission closer to home getting easier for next year
Following a demand from the state Legislature, the Cal State system will give applicants from the region surrounding a campus an admissions advantage over those from far away.
Larry Gordon
January 30, 2018
Pushing for more state funds, Cal State threatens tuition hike but delays vote
Trustees of the 23-campus Cal State system will delay until May a vote on a possible $228 tuition hike to allow time to lobby Gov. Jerry Brown and the State Legislature for more funding. Brown is resistant to giving the university any more. This year's negotiations will be his last.
Larry Gordon
November 7, 2017
Cal State trustees leave intact remedial education reforms while officials warn of tuition hike
Cal State faculty wanted a one year delay in education reform plan but got little support from the system's Board of Trustees. CSU Northridge got a one-year delay to work in its ethnic and cultural diversity courses.
Larry Gordon
November 1, 2017
California State faculty still upset about remedial ed changes but compromise emerging
Faculty want more time to adjust courses and get ready for changes. Cal State administration says campuses can apply for extensions on some portions of the reform plan.
Mikhail Zinshteyn And Larry Gordon
September 19, 2017
CSU faculty rebels against changes in remedial and math education, calls for delay
Faculty wants a one-year delay to discuss reforms that include dropping no-credit remedial classes and allowing students to fulfill math requirements that don't need Algebra II skills.
Larry Gordon And Mikhail Zinshteyn
August 31, 2017
College leaders urge changes to California's Higher Education master plan to improve access and affordability
The first of five hearings around the state starts to examine the 1960 plan that governs the missions of UC, CSU and community colleges. Legislators say it is time for some changes but that it could take years to develop concrete reforms.