• Donate
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • WhatMatters
  • Politics
    • 2020 Voter Guide
    • Votebeat
    • Election 2020
    • Inside the Capitol
  • Justice
    • California Divide
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Labor
  • Economy
    • California’s Pension Crisis
    • Poverty
  • Education
    • Corona on Campus
    • Disaster Days
    • K-12 Education
    • Higher Education
  • Children and Youth
  • Environment
    • Building Efficiency
    • California Wildfires
    • Climate Change
    • Frayed Wires
    • Rising Seas
    • Water
  • Health
    • Breakdown: Mental Health
    • Coronavirus
    • Drug Costs
    • Wellness
  • Commentary
    • Dan Walters
    • My Turn
    • Reader Reactions
  • Multimedia
    • Explainers
    • Data Points
    • Force of Law
    • Gimme Shelter
    • California State of Mind
    • Interactives
    • Video
  • Events
  • DONATE
  • About
    • Advisory Board
    • Board of Directors
    • California Dream Project
    • Contact Us
    • Inside CalMatters
    • Institutional Membership
    • Internships
    • Jobs
    • Media partners
    • Meet Our Team
    • Mission
    • Reports & Financials
    • Supporters
  • WhatMatters
  • Politics
    • 2020 Voter Guide
    • Votebeat
    • Election 2020
    • Inside the Capitol
  • Justice
    • California Divide
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Labor
  • Economy
    • California’s Pension Crisis
    • Poverty
  • Education
    • Corona on Campus
    • Disaster Days
    • K-12 Education
    • Higher Education
  • Children and Youth
  • Environment
    • Building Efficiency
    • California Wildfires
    • Climate Change
    • Frayed Wires
    • Rising Seas
    • Water
  • Health
    • Breakdown: Mental Health
    • Coronavirus
    • Drug Costs
    • Wellness
  • Commentary
    • Dan Walters
    • My Turn
    • Reader Reactions
  • Multimedia
    • Explainers
    • Data Points
    • Force of Law
    • Gimme Shelter
    • California State of Mind
    • Interactives
    • Video
  • Events
  • DONATE
  • About
    • Advisory Board
    • Board of Directors
    • California Dream Project
    • Contact Us
    • Inside CalMatters
    • Institutional Membership
    • Internships
    • Jobs
    • Media partners
    • Meet Our Team
    • Mission
    • Reports & Financials
    • Supporters
Skip to content
CalMatters

CalMatters

California, explained

  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Trending
  • 2020 California Election Results
  • Coronavirus
  • Votebeat
  • California Wildfires

Tag: UC system

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.

A call for a California higher education compact for Black people

Avatar by Guest Commentary December 21, 2020December 20, 2020
Students walking across UC Merced campus on August 2, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

New data sheds light on parent debt burden for college students

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

California’s $26B surplus raises tough choices

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
Saxon Stahl, a fourth year student at UC Santa Cruz, stands in the woods across from their residence hall on Oct. 14, 2020. The heavily wooded campus had a mandatory evacuation for more than a week during the CZN Lightening Complex fires in August. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Is your college in a severe wildfire zone?

Mikhail ZinshteynErica Yee by Mikhail Zinshteyn and Erica Yee October 15, 2020October 21, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California’s big budget bet fizzles out — will Newsom support new taxes?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

UC unfairly admitted well-connected students

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Students sunbathe on the lawn at UC Berkeley on March 12, 2020. The university suspended most in-person classes on Tuesday due to Coronavirus concerns. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

State auditor blasts UC for admitting unqualified students based on wealthy connections

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
A few students walk through Sproul Plaza, normally bustling with student organization tables, on March 12, 2020. UC Berkeley suspended most in-person classes beginning on Tuesday of this week due to Coronavirus concerns. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Coronavirus-induced student housing levels could cost UC a billion dollars per year

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

Trump headed to California as wildfires rage

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts
© 2021 CalMatters. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube