The plan lays out the state’s approach to job training and education programs, but critics have said the proposals are unclear. At the same time, some for-profit career colleges and trade schools face issues with licensing or other violations.

Now in the program’s first year, Cal State joins other public universities across the country in a growing national movement to automatically admit eligible students. Last fall, more than 17,400 high school seniors got the good news of their acceptance.

As President Trump starts his second term with a border emergency and mass deportation pledge, California colleges are partnering with legal nonprofits to help undocumented students stay in school.

Some students work multiple jobs and give up extracurricular activities to supplement their financial aid. Many say it’s worth it.

More than 7 million adults in California lack a college degree—and they typically make less money as a result. Today, standing in a welding classroom at Shasta College, a community college in Redding, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented an outline of the state’s Master Plan for Career Education. He said the plan will overhaul the state’s […]

A new law taking effect Jan. 1, enacted as SB 1348, creates the first official Black-Serving Institution designation in the country. The designation will be given to qualifying colleges that vow to take a more aggressive approach to address California’s systemic obstacles that have kept Black students at the lowest college-going and graduation rates.

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

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 State University or University of California campus. But a state audit, released today, found that the vast majority of these students never accomplish their goal. “Only about 1 in 5 students who […]