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Author Archives: Mikhail Zinshteyn

Mikhail Zinshteyn has been a higher education reporter since 2015. As a freelancer, he contributed to The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed and The 74. Previously, he was a reporter at EdSource and before that a program manager at the Education Writers Association. Mikhail was born in the Soviet Union and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. He is based in Los Angeles. Pell grants and work-study helped pay for his undergraduate degree at Union College.

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Fomer CSU Fullerton President Mildred García speaks during an event in 2016. Photo via California State University, Fullerton
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Cal State nombra como rectora a Mildred García; la primera latina en dirigir el sistema universitario

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 12, 2023July 13, 2023
Fomer CSU Fullerton President Mildred García speaks during an event in 2016. Photo via California State University, Fullerton
Posted inHigher Education

Cal State has a new chancellor. Her challenges include the system’s sexual misconduct allegations and massive budget gap

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
Posted inCalMatters en Español

California quiere que más estudiantes universitarios se gradúen sin deudas. ¿Cómo ha ayudado la Beca para la Clase Media hasta ahora?

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 6, 2023July 6, 2023
Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay on Feb. 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

California wants more college students to graduate debt-free. How’s the Middle Class Scholarship going so far?

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 6, 2023July 5, 2023
Students walk across the campus at Fresno State in Fresno, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

Cal State proposes regular tuition hikes to forestall budget gap

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 30, 2023July 6, 2023
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Electores de California pueden volver a votar si traen de vuelta la acción afirmativa pero de forma limitada

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 21, 2023June 21, 2023
Students walk past the Doe Memorial Library on the University of California, Berkeley campus on Feb. 3, 2022. Thalia Juarez for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

California voters may again vote on whether to bring back affirmative action, but in limited form

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 21, 2023June 29, 2023
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Los legisladores quieren despojar $400 millones del nuevo programa universitario y profesional para las escuelas públicas

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Patricia Wallinga substitute teaches a class at AP Gianni Middle School on April 22, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

Lawmakers want to strip $400 million from new college-and-career program for public schools

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
A service worker at Chalio Mexican Restaurant in East Los Angeles on May 26, 2021. Legislators are discussing supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters
Posted inHigher Education

Gov. Newsom, legislators may soon end education grant worth $2,500

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

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