Education This institute could get $4 billion from a ballot measure. With just three workers, is it ready? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 20, 2026 Currently only one institute in the state meets the criteria to qualify for money promised by Proposition 38.
Education The UC got rid of the SAT in admissions. It may be on its way back By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 8, 2026 After the UC stopped requiring the SAT, some professors say students are coming in with weak math and writing skills.
Education Fact check: Are Cal State faculty underpaid? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | September 23, 2026 Worker pay at CSU is uneven, with some employees earning well below and others above national averages.
Education California community colleges can offer up to 12 new bachelor’s degrees under laws Newsom signed By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | September 20, 2026 Two new laws determine when community colleges can create bachelor’s degrees and how many they can offer.
Education Should California backfill science funding Trump cut? Voters could decide in 2028 By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | September 1, 2026 Last year the White House suspended or cancelled more than 1,000 California science grants.
Education Culture and ethics meets tech: UCLA debuts country’s first bachelor’s in digital humanities By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 27, 2026 New major fuses technological tools for statistical analysis, coding, 3D mapping, and data visualization with traditional humanities disciplines.
Education Some Cal State students got financial aid decisions a lot later this year. Here’s why By Mikhail Zinshteyn | EdSource | August 14, 2026 The federal aid agency updated its fraud protections, delaying financial aid notifications to students by several weeks.
Education White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants By Mikhail Zinshteyn | July 21, 2026 The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to University of California professors. UC's legal team says it has proof that those terminations were unconstitutional.
Education A new review of the SAT at University of California is coming by June 2027 By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | July 14, 2026 The UC Board of Regents removed the SAT from the admissions process in 2020.
Education Newsom’s final budget sends more than a billion dollars to University of California, Cal State By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | July 9, 2026 Since Gavin Newsom became governor, state support for California’s public universities has grown by 50%.