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Conservative professors and students are suing California’s community colleges, and winning

In numerous lawsuits, conservative professors and students allege that California’s community colleges are hindering their right to free speech under the First Amendment.

Only 1 in 5 California community college students makes it to a university, audit says

Many students start community college with the hope of getting an associate degree and then transferring to a four-year institution, such as a California...

California may ban legacy admissions at colleges. The end of affirmative action is a reason why

Call it a ban on affirmative action for the well-connected: California’s Legislature has passed a bill barring the state’s private nonprofit colleges from making admissions decisions based on whether family members of students donated money to the school or had attended the school themselves.

No high school diploma? California college aid may get easier

Typically, college students need a high school diploma or equivalent to qualify for a Pell Grant, but a workaround allows adults without a high school diploma to get federal financial aid in college.

Hispanic Serving Institutions often lose programs after funding ends

Once federal grant funding ends many resources and opportunities at Hispanic Serving Institutions continue only through student and faculty efforts. Experts say campuses must maintain programs to better serve Latino students.

‘We have to do less with less’: Cal State faces extra $500 million budget gap

Fiscal chasm that may prompt hiring freezes, raid precious reserves and bring larger class sizes and fewer courses.

Governor’s budget proposal ditches promise to fund 5 years of growth for UC and Cal State

Chalk it up to California dreaming: Not even three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California’s public universities five years of annual growth in state support totalling more than $2 billion.

When is a California college degree worth the cost? A new study has answers

A new report today compares California’s colleges by analyzing how long it would take low- and moderate-income students to recoup the money they spent to earn a college credential.

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