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COVID-19
Vaccines on tap for California’s children, but what do parents say?
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Children may soon be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations, potentially helping California schools to fully reopen for in-person instruction.California
Colleges and universities plan for normal-ish campus life in the fall
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Universities need full dorms and dining halls to make back some of the estimated $183 billion in losses from a year of remote education.California
In an unusual admissions year, California’s selective universities more closely evaluate students
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With the SAT/ACT not part of admission decisions, universities are looking at other criteria in a most unusual year of record applications to selective schools.California
The race for space: How today’s crowded study environments could affect college students’ performance
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Cramped study environments can pose an academic disadvantage to low-income students who are more likely to live in crowded conditions, researcher says.Featured in Category
Mills College dorms, classrooms will be filled with UC Berkeley students in fall pilot program
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The students will be part of an educational cohort aimed at building group identity and easing the transition to a big university.Bay Area
Across the state, schools, universities condemn anti-Asian attacks, offer support to students
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Racism against Asian Americans has always existed, especially in California, but increased a year ago as former President Donald Trump falsely blamed the covid-19 epidemic on China.Featured in Category
California community colleges to offer limited expansion of fall in-person classes, chancellor says
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Many courses are likely to be offered in a hybrid mode or remotely, with the final decision for each college shaped by what state and local health officials say is possible.Bay Area
Mills College announces plan to close, triggering debate about other schools’ futures
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Some experts predict no college closure trend, but others say the pandemic will hasten small colleges’ deaths.California
