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College and career readiness is a primary goal of all the major reforms in place in California. But how to ensure that every high school graduates leaves high school with academic and other skills they will need to succeed in a postsecondary world? Many school districts don’t even have a clear definition of what college and career readiness means. EdSource casts light on successful college and career preparation strategies — as well as on obstacles students face at both a pre-K-12 and postsecondary level.
August 14, 2018

Community colleges try new ‘pathway’ to student success

California colleges are pursuing a bold effort to improve graduation and transfer. Could its ambition be a stumbling block to success?

Karin Fischer
August 12, 2018

California student leaders focus on affordability

The voting student representatives on governing boards of UC, CSU and community colleges advocate for more housing and textbook aid.

Larry Gordon
August 8, 2018

Living the college dream: high-performing, low-income students reach for the nation’s top colleges

Students aiming for the Ivy League, Stanford, UC Berkeley or other top private and public universities learn about how to get there.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
August 8, 2018

Support builds to create longitudinal data system to track student progress in California

Educators and the public do not have data that "in my view greatly improve students' performance and their ultimate employment," said Sen. Steve Glazer (D – Orinda), chair of the select committee on student success in the Senate.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
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 27, 2018

California high school grad rate drops with new methodology

Corrected for problems with past years’ calculations, 82.7 percent in the Class of 2017 got their diplomas compared with 83.8 percent the year before.

John Fensterwald
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 22, 2018

Summer college enrollment up as Pell Grant money flows, helping students to graduate faster

Some Cal State campuses report a doubling or more in summer enrollment with Pell Grants' revival. But time limits remain.

Larry Gordon
July 19, 2018

More student borrowers may be eligible to cancel federal student loans than have applied for relief

Amid for-profit college closures, more student borrowers apply to the U.S. Department of Education to cancel their federal education loan debts.

Solomon Moore
July 19, 2018

Are you eligible to have your federal student loan debt canceled?

An interactive explainer from EdSource

Yuxuan Xie, Solomon Moore, and Justin Allen
July 18, 2018

University of California students cheer a $60 tuition drop

This will be the first UC tuition decline in nearly two decades.

Larry Gordon
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
July 6, 2018

Work less, study more: California will give grants to community college students attending full-time

Grants are aimed at getting more students to earn degrees in two or four years

Mikhail Zinshteyn
July 5, 2018

Trump's new guidelines trigger debate on affirmative action, but California already bans it

California universities struggle with some minority enrollment levels.

Larry Gordon