California has increased awards to up $6,000 for UC, Cal State and community college students with children, but delays and funding limitations are making it clear that for “nontraditional” students, more must be done.
The high cost of college doesn't stop at tuition, according to a new state survey. More than 30% of California students said they did not have enough money to pay for housing, and another 35% said they can't afford books and supplies.
Setting up a showdown with California, the U.S. Veteran Affairs Dept. canceled its contract with a state agency that approves colleges to receive GI Bill funds.
A bill that would have allowed homeless students to park overnight on campus is dead for the year, after amendments that its author said stigmatized the students it was meant to help.
Gerald Haslam, author and California State University graduate: Count me among those advocating free California State University tuition for California residents.
It would be a brave investment in California’s future, but California State Universities and the community colleges have long been a bootstraps institutions.
With the passage of Friday's suspense file deadline, more bills were culled from lawmakers' 2019 wish list, or altered. Among them: a push to make retail receipts electronic, an effort to encourage pets in homeless shelters and stricter rules for servicers of student loans.