高等教育

时事通讯

Police shootings, USC scandal, ‘Trump insurance’ and Newsom returns

Hearing on police shootings turns emotional, USC sex-abuse scandal comes to Capitol, legislators propose 'Trump insurance' bills

经过 Dan Morain • 4 月 10, 2019

教育

Fewer schools, more accountability: How for-profit college bills could affect California

Jeanny Morris had a 1-year-old baby and a resume of dead-end retail jobs when she enrolled in the Marinello Schools of Beauty cosmetology program in 2012. She used her welfare benefits to pay for transportation to and from school where, she says, staff pressured her to take out student loans to pay for supplies they […]

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 4 月 9, 2019

评论

For the privilege of helping others, I will be paying off student loans for 20 years

The college admissions scam, much of which involves parents of USC students, serves as a blaring signal that college is not about education. It is about status. The majority of us do not have anyone to help buy our admission, let alone our education. I am one of the millions of Americans who will graduate with massive debt. By the time I earn my master’s degree in a year and a half, my student loans will amount to about $80,000.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 3 月 28, 2019

经济

The #RealCollege guru offers three ways to fix California’s student financial aid

If the plight of hungry and homeless college students has lately caught the national media’s attention, it’s in no small part due to the efforts of Temple University professor Sara Goldrick-Rab.  Goldrick-Rab, who describes herself as a “scholar activist,” has been trying to get policymakers to address the cost of college for years, advocating policy […]

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 3 月 25, 2019

时事通讯

Charter schools, for-profit schools, paying for schools—and the future of work

Becerra tries to claw back public records. Elections have consequences for charter schools. For-profit colleges get scrutiny. Plus: Dynamex draws a crowd.

经过 Dan Morain • 2 月 27, 2019

政治

Concern for ‘defrauded and victimized’ students spurs calls for tighter for-profit college oversight

New legislation would make major changes to the standards for-profit colleges must meet to operate in California, and the state bureau regulating the industry has been reorganized.

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 2 月 26, 2019

教育

Not-so-free college: The limits of California’s Promise program

Tuition-free community college programs are springing up around the country, including in California. But to many struggling students, “free” doesn’t really mean free.

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 2 月 7, 2019

教育

A new solution to the student housing crisis: retiree roommates?

UC Berkeley is matching graduate students looking for housing with retirees who have extra space in their homes. The program's organizers hope it will prove successful enough to export to other UC campuses.

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 1 月 31, 2019

时事通讯

Newsom goes big in his budget and Nunes goes after L.A.’s subway

Newsom's first budget, the taxes behind his agenda, prison guards go after Jerry Brown's legacy on justice and Devin Nunes goes to Beverly Hills.

经过 Dan Morain • 1 月 11, 2019

时事通讯

FPPC sanctions, Trump threats, a Trekkie tax credit

California's campaign finance watchdog barks up the wrong tree, Trump threatens CA water, businesses and immigrants and Star Trek gets a film tax credit.

经过 Dan Morain • 12 月 11, 2018