September 23, 2021

Online education is here to stay for colleges and universities: How can we make it better?

Experiences during the pandemic provide the knowledge to start building the kind of inclusive, high-quality online instruction that faculty can really get behind.

Faith Kirk

September 21, 2021

California Community Colleges seek $100 million in tech upgrades, in part to tighten security after bot attacks

California's community college system is asking for money to overhaul its online application portal that fraudulent students were able to bypass in financial aid scam attempts.

Michael Burke

September 20, 2021

Pell Grant students are doing all they can; they deserve our support.

If Congress beefed up the yearly Pell Grant award, UC students would be able to use more of their financial aid to cover additional basic living expenses and reduce their housing and food insecurity, while borrowing less.

Shawn Brick

September 16, 2021

Newsom administration opposes major changes to Cal Grants, calling them too costly

AB 1456 would make major changes to California's main financial aid program, but it's unclear if Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign the bill.

Michael Burke

September 15, 2021

Cal State presidents to begin seeing pay increases

CSU executive compensation lags behind other comparable universities nationally.

Ashley A. Smith

September 15, 2021

Why high schools must help all students apply for financial aid

A counselor who insisted he apply for financial aid opened an unseen world of possibilities for the author as a young student.

Christopher J. Nellum

September 14, 2021

In State of the University address, a vastly different Cal State from 18 months earlier

The 23 campuses of California State University have shown resilience and courage over the past 18 months, says new Chancellor Joseph Castro.

Ashley A. Smith

September 13, 2021

Thousands of UC students struggle to find housing

The pandemic has caused a shortage of off-campus housing for students at UC Santa Barbara. Other UC campuses are also experiencing housing crunches.

Michael Burke

September 9, 2021

How California’s state universities are tracking campus Covid-19 cases

Some campuses tracking vaccination rates, quarantines and weekly testing. While others only offer the number of positive Covid cases on-campus.

Ashley A. Smith And Michael Burke

September 7, 2021

Bot attacks compound enrollment data problems at California Community Colleges

The California Community Colleges system has been unable to provide student enrollment totals for fall 2020 or spring 2021, even before bots enrolled fake students.

Thomas Peele, Daniel J. Willis, Larry Gordon, And Michael Burke

September 2, 2021

Feds alert colleges nationwide to financial aid scam under investigation at California Community Colleges

Financial aid offices at "thousands" of colleges told to be on alert for scammers.

Thomas Peele, Ashley A. Smith, And Larry Gordon

August 31, 2021

Union and health care provider join to offer training to fill worker gaps in California health care

A new approach to educating allied health care workers is helping to redefine higher education to quickly move and meet demand.

Ashley A. Smith

August 30, 2021

Cal State's incoming freshman Class of 2025 key to meeting system's graduation goals

Efforts by CSU to improve graduation rates face questions over the long-term effects of the pandemic, especially on this year's freshmen.

Ashley A. Smith

August 26, 2021

California community college adjuncts are pushing to get paid for time-consuming pandemic switch to online

California community college adjuncts who helped the system switch to online classes during the pandemic are getting differing amounts of federal Covid aid for the extra work.

Thomas Peele

August 25, 2021

California’s aspiring community college transfer students deserve pathways to success

Inefficiencies in the transfer process from community colleges to UC and CSU that cost California students time and money can be streamlined by proposed bill.

Eleni Kounalakis