Higher Education

While some California colleges and universities began distributing emergency aid to students in February, others are only now pushing out the funds — largely because the federal government only recently gave them access to the relief.

The pandemic forced college students into crowded and noisy study spaces, from laundry rooms to bedrooms, affecting their ability to learn.

Dressed in a white gown and hooked to an IV pump, Tina Jones was sitting on a hospital bed when nursing student Erin Abille greeted her.   Glancing at Jones’ chart, Abille saw that the patient came into the hospital for a foot infection and had a penicillin allergy. “Are you in any pain?” Abille asked. […]

Lea este artículo en español. Last March, when state and local officials issued stay-at-home orders to contain the coronavirus pandemic, California’s college campuses became ghost towns. Life for many students assumed a new cadence, in which the need for safety eclipsed the pleasures of the college experience. A year later, feelings of distance ⁠— from friends, […]

I’ve known since I was a kid that Black and Latino people are more likely to be killed by cops. I didn’t want the situation to escalate.

At 32 of 33 UC and CSU campuses, police officers are whiter than the students — and in many cases, disparities are glaring

Lea este artículo en español. In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus […]

A 2017 law started to phase out remedial courses at community colleges, but while there’s been progress, many students still end up taking classes experts say they don’t need.

New Chancellor Joseph Castro says the CSU system won’t raise tuition for 2021-22. That doesn’t mean campus fees might not go up, though.

International students forced to return to their home countries. Low-income students losing the jobs that kept them afloat. Professors and students alike pushed off campus and adjusting to virtual learning, sometimes without access to the technology they needed.  The coronavirus pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of California higher education as we knew it. In the […]