Higher Education

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.

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.

Democratic lawmakers sought to tighten oversight of the troubled industry. Then the lobbying began.

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.

As universities struggle to diversify their faculties, the youngest UC campus is preparing many low-income, first-generation students of color for academic careers.

The Varsity Blues college scandal has drawn attention to UC "admissions by exception." Some are athletes, some homeschoolers, some out-of-staters — and at most campuses, they're cloaked in secrecy.