Higher Education

Lee este artículo en español. Before the coronavirus, Katie Self’s days followed a predictable routine.  At 5:00 a.m., she woke up her three children and got them ready for school.  By 7:00 a.m., Self was hitting the books at Fresno City College, where she was studying to be a radiology technician. Classes and tutoring wrapped up […]

It costs a lot to keep a university running, and students aren’t sure if they want to pay full tuition for classes taught remotely. That combination could prove the undoing of some private colleges.

Just a month ago, picket lines surrounded the base of the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, the halls of buildings filled with chants like “My neck, my back, the UC is wack.”  The graduate student strike calling for a cost of living adjustment started in Santa Cruz but quickly sparked solidarity actions at […]

You’ve got questions about how your CSU education will be disrupted during the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Tim White has answers.

Are you a college student whose semester has been turned upside down by the pandemic? Are you a professor who is getting acclimated to teaching your students via video conference? CalMatters College Journalism Network Editor Felicia Mello and fellow Aidan McGloin moderated a conversation with California State University Chancellor Tim White on April 2 to […]

The coronavirus is disrupting college grading in California, as students stressed out from sheltering in place and transitioning to online classes push for schools to adopt flexible grading policies that account for the upheaval in their school year.

The latest news on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting California colleges and universities, from the CalMatters College Journalism Network.

College Beat is produced by the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists across the state.

California is about to embark on an enormous, unplanned experiment in remote learning — and no one knows how long it will last.

Early reports indicate children infected by the coronavirus experience a milder response than older adults. But as it arrives in Northern California, school and college officials are preparing for a growing likelihood that the highly contagious virus will disrupt learning and spark panic in young people and their naturally protective caretakers.  As dorms are being […]