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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.
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
October 14, 2018

New warnings about California students juggling college and jobs

Colleges are looking at ways to help students who work long hours at jobs. Studies show grades slip and graduation is at risk when students work more than 15 hours, but the students say they have few alternatives when financial aid is not enough.

Larry Gordon
October 10, 2018

Millions of Californians who started college could use help to finish it

Adults who start college but never finish face financial aid and scheduling roadblocks in returning, a new report explains. Without diplomas, their earnings and opportunities are less.

Larry Gordon
October 9, 2018

Walmart backs courses for retail workers at California's new online community college

The money will go toward developing courses for workers to advance to supervisors in the retail and service industries.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
October 8, 2018

California community colleges seek larger Cal Grants to cover students' living costs

California community college leaders want to remove restrictions that keep hundreds of thousands of students from receiving the Cal Grant by basing the size of the grant on the total cost of college attendance.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
October 4, 2018

How to promote integrity and combat plagiarism in the college classroom

Increasing students' confidence in their own writing, helping them check their work reduces plagiarism, professors say.

Lisa Boutin-Vitela and Julie Trager
October 3, 2018

California lieutenant governor candidates pledge to work to lower college costs

Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez want to use the lieutenant governor’s office to make college more affordable.

Nico Savidge
October 2, 2018

Too many college students are not going back to school this fall

But social and emotional support can help more students succeed in college.

Omar Butler
September 30, 2018

Gov. Brown vetoes bill to let districts give SAT or ACT as 11th grade test

Dozens of districts are offering the tests at their own expense already, because scores on SAT and ACT, not Smarter Balanced, are what matters to high school juniors.

John Fensterwald
September 26, 2018

California lieutenant governor candidates would use office to push for college affordability

Whoever wins the lieutenant governor’s race between Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis will have a seat on the UC and CSU governing boards.

Nico Savidge
September 24, 2018

California ranks high in national study about black college students but criticism remains

The USC report weighed black students' enrollment and graduation rates, among other factors. California ranked third highest in the nation, although author said results are actually mediocre and should be not celebrated.

Larry Gordon
September 23, 2018

Newsom's 'cradle-to-career' education pledge will require sweeping changes in California

California's likely next governor has yet to spell out how much implementing his strategy will cost.

Karin Fischer
September 20, 2018

California’s next governor has opportunity to set a bold new higher education agenda

Smoothing pathway to, and through, college would help California be more competitive.

William G. Tierney
September 18, 2018

Low public tuition, robust aid keep California among states with low per-student college debt

Student debt levels in California were nearly flat compared to the year before, matching a national trend.

Nico Savidge
September 18, 2018

California community colleges seek nearly half a billion dollars in more funding for next year

The request for the 2019-20 fiscal year, is the opening round in budget negotiations between the college system, the Legislature and the governor’s office, an annual process that ends with a new state budget in June, 2019.

Mikhail Zinshteyn