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Tag: california higher education

How to make sense of affirmative action in UC admissions

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn September 15, 2020October 21, 2020

Context is king in how foes and backers of affirmative action use statistics, and race would still not play as large a part in the admissions process as some fear.

As the coronavirus has blown a hole in the state budget, California campuses such as California State University East Bay campus face budget cuts. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Coronavirus set to chop $2 billion from California higher ed — but financial aid survives

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn May 15, 2020May 16, 2020
A hopeful message is seen on the marquee of the The Chabot theatre on Castro Valley Boulevard day nine of the coronavirus stay-at-home order in Castro Valley, Calif., on March 26, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

CA to begin reopening on Friday

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
UC, SAT, University of California, Varsity Blues

If the University of California drops the SAT, what would take its place?

Felicia Mello by Felicia Mello December 10, 2019December 16, 2019
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter being sworn into Congress, alongside his wife.

California confronts higher education issues, and Newsom is Iowa-bound

Dan Morain by Dan Morain December 3, 2019December 2, 2019
San Jose State University senior Jaelyn Deas, 22, is a recipient of the Spartan Completion Grant and plans to graduate in December in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, July 25, 2019. When Deas discovered that the grant would cover her summer school registration fees she said it felt like Christmas morning. Photo by Alison Yin for the Hechinger Report

Can California save higher education?

AvatarFelicia Mello by Jon Marcus and Felicia Mello December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Finding a friend in Oregon, Newsom’s lawsuit pays off and the Nazi next door

Avatar by Ben Christopher June 7, 2019
anta Clara University 2018 commencement in Stevens Stadium on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Santa Clara, Calif. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)

As Trump rolls back student loan protections, an Obama-era watchdog brings the fight to California

Felicia Mello by Felicia Mello April 23, 2019August 30, 2019
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