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Tag: college costs

Posted inEducation

Newsom calls textbooks “racket,” proposes money to create free ones

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend $15 million to develop more degree programs that include free textbooks, taking aim at the “usurious costs” of commercial textbooks today. The state spent $5 million on a similar program in 2016-17.

Students walking across UC Merced campus on August 2, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

New data sheds light on parent debt burden for college students

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Public health and cannabis vapes, police use of force and mental illness, and parents seeking a better life get a break

Dan Morain by Dan Morain September 30, 2019September 30, 2019
Posted inWhatMatters

Environmental fight goes to the wire, an oil refinery, weed legislation, and a raid in Turlock

Dan Morain by Dan Morain September 13, 2019September 12, 2019
Posted inEducation

CA college students shell out $2k a month for housing, books, food alone

Felicia Mello by Felicia Mello September 12, 2019October 4, 2019
student parking fees CSU
Posted inEducation

Another hidden cost of college? How student parking fees are subsidizing faculty, staff

Adria Watson by Adria Watson June 6, 2019June 23, 2020
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

More bad homelessness news, why college is so pricey and special election day

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 5, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

An opioid suit, an opioid tax and a piece of history

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 4, 2019
Posted inEconomy, Education, Health, Higher Education, Housing, Justice, K-12 Education

As Gavin Newsom becomes governor, how he could shape California’s future—issue by issue

by CalMatters November 6, 2018June 23, 2020
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