Higher Education

The cost of a college degree is soaring in California, where public universities were once free. What happened? And what can be done for students and families?

Incrementally and with conditions, the NCAA has shifted its policy on compensating athletes. Even so, it's a dramatic shift for the college sports economy.

The decision leaves the leadership of both the state’s public university systems in flux after University of California President Janet Napolitano also said she will step down next year.

It has long been a refrain among California students struggling to pay for housing, food and textbooks: There’s more to the high cost of college than tuition. Early this year, as state lawmakers convened, hopes were high that finally, California was listening.  Moved by reports of homelessness, food insecurity and consumer ripoffs on campus — […]

Amador is one of six California counties without a physical community college. It also struggles to recruit mental health providers. A small online learning program could offer a solution to both problems. 

A new state law letting NCAA athletes strike endorsement deals has been signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. But what does that mean in the short term?

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.

Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative is the state’s only public bachelor’s degree program that sends professors to teach behind bars. Advocates hope the political winds have shifted enough to bring public dollars back to prison education.

The former Arizona governor and Homeland Security secretary fought for immigrant students and more state investment in the university system — and for her health, after a recurrence of breast cancer in 2017. But political battles and a scathing 2017 state audit marred her tenure as well.

The decision caps a multi-year campaign by students and faculty who argued the university had a responsibility to address climate change.