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California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: ‘The chatbot is outdated’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

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The race for space: How today’s crowded study environments could affect college students’ performance

The pandemic forced college students into crowded and noisy study spaces, from laundry rooms to bedrooms, affecting their ability to learn.

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Hannah Getahun

• 3월 31, 2021

Alexis Hawkins shows an instructional video in her yard on January 23, 2021. Photo by Arlene Banuelos for CalMatters

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Nursing schools turn to simulations during the pandemic. But do they work?

Dressed in a white gown and hooked to an IV pump, Tina Jones was sitting on a hospital bed when nursing student Erin Abille greeted her. Glancing at Jones’ chart, Abille saw that the patient came into the hospital for a foot infection and had a penicillin allergy. “Are you in any pain?” Abille asked. […]

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Shehreen Karim

• 3월 23, 2021

Theater major Fatemeh Mehraban waits in her bedroom for instructions during a Zoom rehearsal for American River College's production of ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata” in Sacramento on Nov. 4, 2020. The second production the ARC theater department put on since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the play was performed live over Zoom rather than pre-recorded. "It's an interesting cross between film and theater," Mehraban said of the production. "It's a weird little in between space but it's cool that we're getting to experience it." Photo by Ashley Hayes Stone for CalMatters

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Photo Essay: College, Interrupted

Lea este artículo en español. Last March, when state and local officials issued stay-at-home orders to contain the coronavirus pandemic, California’s college campuses became ghost towns. Life for many students assumed a new cadence, in which the need for safety eclipsed the pleasures of the college experience. A year later, feelings of distance ⁠— from friends, […]

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• 3월 18, 2021

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I was looking for statistics on campus police stops. Then I became one.

I’ve known since I was a kid that Black and Latino people are more likely to be killed by cops. I didn’t want the situation to escalate.

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Julian Mendoza

• 3월 11, 2021

Campus police look on as a crowd forms in the Quad over a religious demonstration at Cal State University, Fullerton on Oct. 22, 2018. Photo by Riley Mcdougall, The Daily Titan

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UC, Cal State police much less diverse than the students they serve

At 32 of 33 UC and CSU campuses, police officers are whiter than the students — and in many cases, disparities are glaring

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Omar Rashad

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Katherine Swartz

• 3월 10, 2021

Sacramento State nursing student Amanda Clark administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Denisse Ambriz, a graduate from the Master of Social Work program at Sacramento State University on Jan. 29, 2021. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

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California colleges slowly begin vaccinating faculty, students — but likely won’t require immunization

Lea este artículo en español. In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus […]

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• 2월 26, 2021

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The Class of COVID-19

International students forced to return to their home countries. Low-income students losing the jobs that kept them afloat. Professors and students alike pushed off campus and adjusting to virtual learning, sometimes without access to the technology they needed. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of California higher education as we knew it. In the […]

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• 1월 26, 2021

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As Trump supporters stormed Capitol, students watched history unfold in real time

Sara Romero tutors math for middle school students in San Diego during their last class of the day. But on Jan. 6, her attention was divided between two monitors: one showing her students and another open to news coverage of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I had to tell the kids, ‘I’m fine!’” said […]

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Janelle Marie Salanga

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• 1월 8, 2021

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Fauci: Vaccines should allow CA colleges to teach in-person next fall

While coronavirus cases are surging across California and overwhelming intensive care units, the country’s top infectious disease expert said today he’s “cautiously optimistic” that college students can return to campus in the fall. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he anticipates that COVID-19 vaccines will begin to […]

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Maddie Beck

• 12월 18, 2020

People gather near the cliffs as the sun sets in Isla Vista on Dec. 8 2020. Photo by Max Abrams for CalMatters

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To spring break or not? California colleges weigh options as pandemic worsens

Updated 12/21/20 Carlos Acosta’s fall semester at the University of Southern California was a lot more grueling than he expected — and it wasn’t just because of the Zoom classes. In an effort to minimize travel during the coronavirus pandemic, the university shortened the semester so it ended before Thanksgiving, and didn’t include any multi-day […]

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Meghan Bobrowsky

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• 12월 10, 2020

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