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People walk past an “End Overdose” outreach table with informational materials and QR codes set up in a public plaza.

This new California law will offer college students rehab before discipline for overdosing

College students who seek help for substance use after an overdose face disciplinary action by their campus. A new California law, written in part by students themselves, will require public universities to offer rehabilitation services to students rather than discipline.

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Alina Ta

Small bottles of a product labeled “feel free,” advertised for mood lift, energy, and focus, are displayed for sale inside a convenience store. A sign indicates the product costs $8.99 and must be purchased by customers age 21 or older.

Once given out at USC, this banned, opioid-like product is still cropping up in California

A drinkable product called Feel Free was once marketed to USC students as a wellness tonic. It contains an addictive, opioid-like ingredient called kratom leaf, now banned for sale by the California Department of Public Health but still available in many stores. A new bill in the Legislature would make the ban permanent in California.

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Phoebe Huss

A person wearing a white sweater with blue stripes on the arm and a blue UCLA shirt underneath stands in a field near an apartment building, with tree branches poking into the background.

How college students can earn $10,000 for making a difference in CA communities

The popular College Corps program pays students up to $10,000 for community service work including tutoring incarcerated youth, assisting at food banks and more. The program is expanding from 45 to 52 campuses, adding hundreds of more students.

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Brittany Oceguera

An illustration in green, red, blue and yellow tones that shows a desktop computer screen with an open window tab that resembles a Pokemon battle scene. At one end of the screen is a pixelated student and at the other is a wolf that represents a chatbot. The illustration includes a bubble text that reads "where can students get free food on campus?" alongside other bubbles of text with red exclamation points.

California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: ‘The chatbot is outdated’

Community colleges are spending millions on AI-powered chatbots that students say often give inaccurate answers. Many might see upgrades this year.

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Martin Romero

Yusbely Delgado Medrano, a UC Davis College Corps fellow, speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the fellows in Sacramento on Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

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For undocumented students, job opportunities are scarce. This state program could help.

California’s estimated 75,000 undocumented students don’t qualify for federal work-study or most job opportunities, and often struggle to make ends meet. A new state service program launched last week, College Corps, will give hundreds of them as much as $10,000 per year to perform community service in areas including K-12 education, food insecurity and climate action.

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Carmen González

• 10월 12, 2022

Ananya Bapat is a student at UC Davis. Sept. 29, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

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Dual admission program will give community college students an early taste of life at UC

The University of California aims to ease the transition from community college to university with a new dual admission pilot program launching this spring. High school graduates will be accepted simultaneously to a community college and nearby UC, with access to libraries and counseling on the UC campus. The program, however, excludes UC’s most selective campuses.

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Megan Tagami

• 10월 3, 2022

Mayra Romo at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sept. 15, 2022. Romo works as a counselor for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Campus advocates provide key support to sexual assault survivors — but ‘superheroes’ are in short supply

When Laura Swartzen saw the email from Sacramento State University’s Title IX office, it felt like her heart skipped a beat. Swartzen, the Sac State confidential campus advocate, had spent the past nine months supporting a student who reported being sexually assaulted. Swartzen had listened to the student’s wrenching account, offered to connect them with […]

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Mallika Seshadri

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Zaeem Shaikh

• 9월 28, 2022

University of California San Diego (UCSD) North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood on July 27, 2022 in San Diego, California. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

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With monkeypox, California colleges seek to control spread of two diseases at once

California colleges are applying lessons learned from COVID-19 as they attempt to keep monkeypox from spreading on campuses. Experts say the disease poses a lower health risk than COVID but could keep students from their studies for longer periods.

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Mallika Seshadri

• 9월 15, 2022

Kathleen Coronado, a freshman at Modesto College in Modesto on Sept. 7, 2022. Coronado is enrolled with the college's free tuition program. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

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Free college 2.0: To lure students, community colleges add new perks

Free college isn’t a new idea in California. But some community colleges, facing declining enrollment, are waiving fees for more students than ever, and adding on perks like free textbooks, meals and transportation.

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Mallika Seshadri

• 9월 8, 2022

Christopher Carter, 22, a fifth-year communications student at Cal State Northridge, stands for a portrait at CSUN in Northridge on August 19, 2022. “I want the world to know that as a young Black man, you can achieve big things in life,” Carter said. “Through all the trials and tribulations, don’t quit.” Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Why Cal State struggles to graduate Black students — and what could be done

The Cal State system graduates Black students at lower rates than other groups. Students, scholars and advocates say the reasons are myriad.

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Mikhail Zinshteyn

Michaella Huck

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Julie Watts

• 8월 22, 2022

The UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters

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Abortion pills will soon be available on California campuses

University of California and Cal State campuses will all start providing medication abortion beginning Jan. 1 under a new state law. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, opening up abortion appointments on university campuses could ease pressure on local clinics, which will likely see an influx of out-of-state patients.

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Mallika Seshadri

• 7월 13, 2022

Yessenia Cervantes, 34, holds her youngest daughter, Issabella Cervantes, at California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside on June 17, 2022. “I can’t forget that I’m a mom before anything else,” Cervantes, who recently graduated with an associate’s degree from Riverside City College, said. “I know that I’m working towards something bigger—for my children’s future.” Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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For student parents, graduating in the midst of a pandemic means beating the odds

More than half of parenting college students drop out before attaining a degree. For these families, graduating during a pandemic was a special victory. Their experiences shed light on how California could better support the growing ranks of student parents.

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Emily Margaretten

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Oden Taylor

• 6월 22, 2022

Yvonne Vigil-Calderon, a student at Touro University California in Vallejo, has dealt with burnout throughout the pandemic. She is photographed on campus on May 25, 2022.

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California’s health care workers are burning out. These universities want to help.

Samuel Merritt University and Touro University California's new anti-burnout programs are part of a federally funded effort to improve retention in a health care industry rocked by the pandemic.

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JoliAmour DuBose-Morris

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Colleen Murphy

• 6월 10, 2022

Round Valley Indian Tribal Council President James Russ (center) participates in a UC Hastings Board of Directors meeting about changing the name of the college on Friday, June 3, 2022, in San Francisco. Photo by Samantha Laurey for CalMatters

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UC Hastings law school, tribal leaders discuss reparations

Debate continued last week over a new name for UC Hastings law school after revelations that its founder participated in massacres of Native Americans. Tribal leaders say legislation requiring that the school make reparations for the atrocities offers an opportunity for their history to be recognized.

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Sindhu Ananthavel

• 6월 8, 2022

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