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California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: ‘The chatbot is outdated’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

Kelda Quintana, an academic advisor at Cal Poly Humboldt, speaks with a student on campus on May 8, 2023. Photo by Briar Parkinson for CalMatters

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Is academic probation working at California’s colleges?

In the latest of our ‘Ask CJN’ series, Cal State Northridge student Isabella Warren asks what colleges are doing to support students on academic probation. That probation status is supposed to be a wake-up call for students, but campuses vary in their approach. Some, we found, are experimenting with new ways to reduce the stigma and retain students.

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Rocky Walker

• 5월 12, 2023

Fabiola Santiago, an undocumented UCLA student with a masters degree in Public Heath, attends a graduation ceremony for UCLA "Dreamers", or Dream Act students, at a church near the campus in Los Angeles in 2012. Photo by Jonathan Alcorn, Reuters

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Undocumented students qualify for financial aid in California. Why aren’t more of them using it?

Tens of thousands of undocumented students in California are potentially eligible for financial aid from the state and public universities. But only 14% of undocumented students actually receive it, according to a recent report by the California Student Aid Commission. Students, counselors and the commission itself are calling for improvements in the application process and greater support for undocumented students trying to navigate it.

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Carmen González

• 5월 3, 2023

Delilah Mays-Triplett, 19, works from her work station as a student assistant inside the Love Library Edition at San Diego State University in San Diego on April 12, 2023. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Cal State undergraduate workers seek union representation

Undergraduate student assistants at California State University are mounting a union organizing campaign, calling for more work hours, paid sick time and higher wages.

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Rocky Walker

• 4월 14, 2023

A menstrual product dispenser on campus at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill on March 28, 2023. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

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Did California keep its promise to provide menstrual products on college campuses?

In the latest installment of our ‘Ask CJN’ series, student reporters with our College Journalism Network answer a reader’s question about menstrual equity. California’s public colleges are required to provide free menstrual products to students as of this school year. But across campuses, the availability of free pads and tampons still varies.

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Itzel Luna

• 4월 4, 2023

Marisa Silvestri listens to her student Oscar de la Torre during her Ethnic Studies Class at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles on March 28, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

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California high schools are adding hundreds of ethnic studies classes. Are teachers prepared?

California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic studies teachers. But do educators need a special credential to teach ethnic studies? Some ethnic studies advocates say allowing any social science teacher to instruct the subject will lead to watered down and ineffective courses, while school districts argue that flexibility is important if they’re going to fill the roles.

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Megan Tagami

• 3월 29, 2023

Textbooks on shelves at the East Los Angeles College bookstore in East Los Angeles on Marc 9, 2023. Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Free textbooks? It could soon be a reality at California’s community colleges

The California Community College Chancellor's Office has $115 million to spend to reduce the burden of textbook costs across its 115-campus system. One approach already being developed by a few community colleges would have campuses publish their own textbooks and course materials.

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Alyssa Story

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Carmen González

• 3월 13, 2023

Sacramento State nursing student Amanda Clark fills a syringe with the COVID vaccine at Sacramento State's University Union building on Jan. 29, 2021. Sac State nursing students participate in administering vaccinations to faculty and nursing students. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

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CJN에 물어보세요: 간호대학 입학 고민

In our new ‘Ask CJN’ feature, student reporters with the CalMatters College Journalism Network answer readers’ questions about college in California. This week: At a time when California desperately needs nurses, why is it so hard to get into nursing school?

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Megan Tagami

• 3월 1, 2023

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

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California colleges still use remote proctoring despite court decision

A federal judge last year found that the room scans performed by some remote proctoring software are unconstitutional. But some California colleges continue to use the software, which is designed to prevent cheating in online exams.

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Itzel Luna

• 2월 27, 2023

Hundreds of Cal Poly Humboldt students and campus community members protest against a housing policy change that left continuing students unsure where they would live next semester, at the campus quad on Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Oden Taylor for CalMatters

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‘Cal Poly Homeless’: Does Northern California’s first polytechnic university have the infrastructure to support its growth?

Officials hope to double enrollment at Cal Poly Humboldt by 2027. Plans to reserve all on-campus housing for first-years were scaled back last week after current students staged protests – but some returning students may still end up living in hotels or even on a barge. The uproar illustrates the severity of the state's student housing crisis.

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Oden Taylor

• 2월 15, 2023

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‘It’s a big removal of a barrier’: What housing at California’s community colleges looks like

Two California community colleges built housing in the last couple of years, with very different approaches. The projects give a peek at the future of student housing as the state rolls out $500 million in grants to build or expand dorms and apartments on a dozen community college campuses.

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Andrea Madison

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Katherine Bent

• 2월 2, 2023

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