Education

The coronavirus has remade the college experience, pushing classes online and emptying campuses. But many California college students are also workers, and for those in the most essential occupations, that hasn’t changed — even as the state has endured a months-long lockdown.  College students are stocking grocery shelves, cooking takeout food at restaurants and caring […]

Schools plan for next year without knowing how much money they’ll have or which specific guidelines create the safest learning environment for students.

Changing some legal language from 2000 could free up $81 million for the system, but it still needs to find over a billion dollars in solutions.

The UC Board of Regents discussed possible ways to address imminent budget problems, including a 5% tuition increase, as well as complications to a fall reopening.

The University of California Board of Regents has done away with standardized testing as part of its admissions considerations for at least five years. In that time the system will see whether it can create its own test that’s more equitable to students of all backgrounds.

Lee este artículo en español. California college students cancelled their housing contracts and left their dorms en masse following the shift to online classes and statewide lockdown caused by the coronavirus. But at the University of California at Berkeley, several hundred stayed on campus, either because they couldn’t afford to make it home, did not have a […]

California is issuing one-time food stamps up to $365 per child to families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school to get through the coronavirus outbreak.

The chancellor of California’s largest college system today said he believes online instruction will be the best course of action this fall.

Schools must prepare to do more with less as the fall term approaches. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget proposal includes steep cuts to California school districts, many of whom were already spending beyond their means.

While student financial aid remains largely intact, California's public colleges and universities not only lose what the governor proposed in January, but can expect 10% less in the coming year. Brace for online classes and a debate about raising tuition.