August 17, 2017

California's public universities struggle with rising college eligibility

Far more students are now eligible to enroll at UC and CSU, without a parallel increase in the universities' ability to admit more students.

Louis Freedberg

August 7, 2017

Key to overcoming remedial obstacles is for students to arrive at college better prepared

Despite recent changes at the college level, more needs to be done in K-12 schools.

Louis Freedberg

August 6, 2017

Growing number of California school districts offer students free college entrance exam

Three dozen California districts and charter networks say free tests raise expectations and remove a barrier for applying to college.

John Fensterwald

August 6, 2017

Understanding Cal Grant financial aid for college students: a quick guide

Cal Grants are among the most generous state-funded student aid programs in the nation and can cover entire tuition at CSU and UC.

Larry Gordon

August 3, 2017

Cal State to help students graduate by overcoming hurdles of remedial classes

California's 23-campus public education system announces far-reaching strategies in response to growing evidence that instead of helping them, remedial or developmental classes pose impediments to graduation for many students.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

August 1, 2017

Cal State drops intermediate algebra as requirement to take some college-level math courses

The changes will permit students who are not pursuing math or science majors to take non-algebra based math courses for general education, such as statistics, personal finance or even game theory and computer science.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

July 30, 2017

California state universities add dorm rooms as strategy to raise graduation rates, provide affordable housing

The 23-campus CSU system enrolls an overwhelmingly commuter student body but some campuses are trying to increase housing.

Larry Gordon

July 25, 2017

Tech nonprofit helping African-American teens get ahead in coding

Hidden Genius Project, among others, provides free programming classes to underrepresented groups.

Carolyn Jones

July 23, 2017

New class leads to big gains in number of girls, minorities taking AP computer science exams

A new AP Computer Science Principles class focuses on the “big ideas” behind computer science.

Carolyn Jones

July 18, 2017

Now for the hard part: translating new vision for community colleges into student success

The Vision for Success plan adopted by the college system's board of governors lays out a pathway to support students.

Louis Freedberg

July 17, 2017

Community college board approves new goals for increasing graduation rates

While praising the plan’s targets, members of the California community Colleges Board of Governors also questioned whether the goals can become reality given the state’s complicated structure for governing community colleges.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

July 17, 2017

Upcoming Events

Webinars will delve into formative assessment techniques and the release of a report on how well high schools prepare graduates for college.

Theresa Harrington

July 16, 2017

California's community colleges' new push to improve graduation and transfer rates

If approved and carried out, the plan could lead to more Californians with two- or four-year degrees entering the workforce.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

July 12, 2017

More recommendation letters likely to be sought for UC admissions

The new policy would allow UC's nine undergraduate campuses to seek recommendation letters and other information from up to 15 percent of their freshman applicants. The change will be monitored to see if it hurts low-income and minority students.

Larry Gordon

July 12, 2017

Fresno Unified increases applications to CSUs and UCs

More students applied to CSU and UC colleges once they got timely information from counselors and others.

Theresa Harrington