Reader Reactions
Network of research facilities for innovation have led to many startups
Support for innovation networks have led to startups successfully launched in health care, agricultural robotics and more.
UC Berkeley
Commentary
Pandemic reveals low-wage workers need better protections
Asian Law Caucus and UC Berkeley survey shows alarming conditions and experiences for workers during the pandemic.
Climate Change
Zero net carbon transportation will save money and create jobs
The most important strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions in California by mid-century is to ramp up use of electric vehicles.
Commentary
California needs a new Master Plan for Higher Education
The UC system is in need of reform; here’s a four-step proposal that would unlock R&D potential and expand access to California students.
CalMatters en Español
Opinión: California necesita un nuevo plan maestro para la educación superior
El sistema de la UC necesita una reforma; aquí hay una propuesta de cuatro pasos que desbloquearía el potencial de I + D y ampliaría el acceso a los estudiantes de California.
Commentary
California’s public higher ed system shaping nation’s leaders
Appointments to the Biden administration underscore how California’s public higher education system creates strong and diverse leaders.
WhatMatters
SNL rips Newsom, French Laundry
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, March 1. (Yes, you read that correctly.) National criticism mounts Gov. Gavin Newsom was skewered in this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live for dining at the French Laundry and for California’s chaotic vaccine rollout — adding to growing national criticism as he fends off a potential recall. In SNL’s […]
College Beat
California colleges slowly begin vaccinating faculty, students — but likely won’t require immunization
Lea este artículo en español. In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus […]
WhatMatters
California’s climate goals likely out of reach
Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, February 24. Two reports cast doubt California is unlikely to meet its ambitious climate goals, two reports released Tuesday show. The first, from California State Auditor Elaine Howle, doesn’t mince words: “The state will fall short of meeting the 2030 goal” of a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from […]
College Beat
The Class of COVID-19
International students forced to return to their home countries. Low-income students losing the jobs that kept them afloat. Professors and students alike pushed off campus and adjusting to virtual learning, sometimes without access to the technology they needed. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of California higher education as we knew it. In the […]
