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Education

No need to apply: Cal State is automatically admitting high school students with good grades

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | March 28, 2025
It’s possible that Cal State may take the direct admissions pilot statewide.
Education

Sue or hold back? The University of California does both as it faces Trump’s wrath

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | March 26, 2025
Students are scared and aren't sure if the UC will protect them from the federal government.
Education

California State University increases its graduation rates but is falling short of its ambitious goals

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | November 22, 2024
Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — its highest rate ever.
Education

Cal State campuses brace for ‘severe consequences’ as budget gap looms

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | EdSource | September 25, 2024
Cal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million. They are warning of layoffs and academic cuts.
Education

California may ban legacy admissions at colleges. The end of affirmative action is a reason why

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 29, 2024
About a half-dozen private institutions consider legacy in admissions; none of California's public universities do.
Education

UC moves to limit where academic departments post opinions against backdrop of Gaza War

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | July 17, 2024
The university will need to further clarify its rules on speech and expression by this fall.
Education

UC student workers expand strike to two more campuses as they demand amnesty for protestors 

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | May 28, 2024
UC's Office of the President says the strike violates the union contract.
Education

‘We have to do less with less’: Cal State faces extra $500 million budget gap 

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | May 28, 2024
Newsom scaled back his promise of increased financial support for Cal State, while university officials agreed to 5% salary increases earlier this year.
Education

Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal ditches promise to fund 5 years of growth for UC and Cal State

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | May 15, 2024
The latest version of the budget cuts funding by a combined $200 million for the state’s two public university systems.
Education

When is a California college degree worth the cost? A new study has answers

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | May 9, 2024
Many community colleges, Cal States and University of California campuses have better returns on investment than most nonprofit private colleges and for-profit institutions.
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