Eloy Ortiz Oakley

Former tech exec Heather Hiles' departure, effective March 31, comes only a few months after Calbright enrolled its first class of students.

Newsom creates homeless task force. Community colleges chief gets a vote of confidence. Chamber of Commerce tries to snuff out new tax.

As UC reacts to the college cheating scandal, some urge them to lock the side door, reconsider the SAT and ACT for admissions and scrutinize athletic recruiting.

Heather Hiles, founder of Pathbrite and a Newsom appointee when he was San Francisco mayor, will run the controversial new online college signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Gov. Jerry Brown faces challenges to convince the Legislature and a skeptical community college faculty that online education is the key to reaching the 2.5 million Californians aged 25 to 34 who graduated from high school but lack a college degree.