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California’s network of community colleges is the largest higher education system in the nation, serving more than 2 million students at 112 campuses. The network provides vital education and career training services for recent high school graduates looking to earn a certificate or transfer to a four-year university, as well as for adults seeking additional career training.

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 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 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
June 14, 2018

California lawmakers approve 2018-19 state budget: how schools, colleges will fare

There's enough new money to "fully fund" the Local Control Funding Formula and stave off UC and CSU tuition increases.

John Fensterwald, Yuxuan Xie, Mikhail Zinshteyn, and Justin Allen
June 9, 2018

Legislative leaders in Sacramento strike deal with Gov. Brown on education funding in his last budget

The compromise deal would create a new online community college, raise funding for the UC and CSU, and reform how community colleges are funded. The deal also adds $400 million to LCFF.

Mikhail Zinshteyn and Larry Gordon
May 21, 2018

Community college reforms are on the right track

Colleges must become more student-focused in their practices, advocates say.

Michele Siqueiros
May 2, 2018

Trust students, not tests, to open pathway to community college success

How students do in high school is a better indicator than proficiency tests to determine if they are ready for college-level courses.

Jacqui Irwin and Eloy Ortiz Oakley
April 24, 2018

Medical coding becomes first program in proposed California online community college

Medical coders training fills a need in California for some 1,600 coders annually through 2024.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
April 20, 2018

Lawmakers question Gov. Brown’s plan to overhaul funding for California’s community colleges

Some lawmakers are saying it is rushed and lacks enough buy-in from college presidents and faculty. Others worry the plan itself may cost the colleges and their students financially.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
April 11, 2018

California's online college proposal ignites support among workers and opposition among some lawmakers

“This is a game changer for workers,” said Rebecca Miller, the political director of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, at a March legislative hearing about Brown’s proposal.

Mikhail Zinshteyn
April 11, 2018

President Trump, community colleges are much more than vocational schools

Community colleges are as diverse as the communities they serve.

Larry Galizio
April 11, 2018

Guaranteed transfer path from community college to University of California announced

The University of California and California's Community Colleges announce an agreement that is expected to boost the number of students who can transfer to UC.

Larry Gordon
March 13, 2018

Gov. Brown’s plan to change community college funding to promote student success faces scrutiny

The Legislative Analyst’s Office is recommending that Brown tie funding to the academic outcomes of low-income students.

Mikhail Zinshteyn