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California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: ‘The chatbot is outdated’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

Carlos Morales and Michelle Villegas-Frazier participate in a sage burning ritual outside of the Native American Academic Student Success Center at UC Davis on April 1, 2024. Photo by José Luis Villegas for CalMatters

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Native American students get free tuition to attend the UC. Why it isn’t enough.

The UC Native American Opportunity Plan seeks to make the system a viable option for Native students in California by offering them free tuition. But Native students enrolled at UC campuses report that strains on their budgets along with insufficient resources and faculty representation have been obstacles to academic success.

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Christopher Buchanan

• 4월 5, 2024

Ryan Manriquez in his apartment building at UC Berkeley on Jan. 10, 2024. Manriquez spoke about his experience with emergency exits as a person with disabilities at a recent UC Regents meeting, prompting the university system leadership to alter its emergency safety plans. Photo by Juliana Yamada for CalMatters

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California’s disabled students left behind during emergencies: ‘They just weren’t ready for someone like me’

After bringing his story all the way to the University of California Board of Regents, a disabled UC Berkeley student has prompted the UC to ensure emergency evacuation chairs are in every multi-storied building in the 10-university system.

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Amelia Wu

• 3월 28, 2024

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California colleges have to slash emissions. Here’s why decarbonization is complex and costly.

California’s three public university systems are either setting or reworking their climate plans to fall in line with the state’s goal for carbon neutrality by 2045, all while striving to expand in size and scope. New plans do away with a large reliance on carbon offsets, making an already difficult and costly process of reducing emissions even harder.

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Christina Chkarboul

• 3월 12, 2024

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California universities struggle to graduate Black students. Cultural centers aim to help

While graduation rates for Black students are the lowest in California universities, cultural centers can help address equity issues. Centers for Black students create a safe space to foster community while connecting with academic resources and Black faculty.

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Briana Mendez-Padilla

• 3월 8, 2024

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Cal State student workers voted to form a union. Here’s what students want.

Now that undergraduate student workers in the California State University system have voted to join the staff union, their next step is to negotiate a contract. Students say they’ll be asking for sick time, fair pay and increased hours.

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• 2월 29, 2024

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Narcan at California colleges: Are students getting overdose medication?

The Campus Opioid Safety Act required colleges and universities to put the power of reversing fentanyl overdoses directly into the hands of students. Some campuses are giving out the life-saving nasal spray Narcan, while others are not.

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Li Khan

• 2월 22, 2024

A vendor sells pottery items at the California Native American Day celebration at the state Capitol on Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

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California is pressing universities to repatriate thousands of Native American remains and artifacts. How two campuses are succeeding.

Successive state audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts, an act known as repatriation. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections back to local tribes.

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Amelia Wu

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Helena San Roque

• 12월 26, 2023

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Tired of the waiting lists for California’s public universities, nursing students increasingly turn to expensive private programs

The number of nursing students enrolling in high-priced private programs has nearly doubled over the past 10 years as the state’s public universities have stagnated in growth. Private universities charge up to seven times the tuition of public schools for a bachelor’s degree, but nurses say their starting salaries are worth the cost.

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Christopher Buchanan

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Jacqueline Munis

• 12월 18, 2023

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

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Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers

Mildred García, the new Cal State chancellor, is earning a total compensation of nearly $1 million. Meanwhile, university president pay has increased at a greater rate than that of faculty, who are preparing to strike in early December, and the system is raising tuition. Yet, Cal State execs still say their pay lags behind the national average.

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Elizabeth Wilson

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Hugo Rios

• 12월 1, 2023

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Are electric bikes allowed at your college in California? Depends on where you go to school

As electric bikes and scooters gain popularity among college students, California campuses vary over their regulation. The devices pose safety risks yet are cheaper, more convenient and better for the environment than gas-powered vehicles.

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Christina Chkarboul

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Jada Portillo

• 11월 20, 2023

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