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Cal State may soon offer degrees that take just 3 years to finish. Work experience counts, too

Students may soon be able to earn bachelor’s degrees in as little as three years at California State University campuses as system leaders contend with a need to attract more working-age students and those without a degree eager to lift their job prospects.

 

How one Cal State campus is trying to break out of a doom loop of declining enrollment

The first first day of fall semester for a university freshman is often stressful. Not for Vanessa Menera, an 18-year-old who’s the first in her family to attend college.

 

Bachelor’s degrees at community colleges: Lawmakers say yes, UC and CSU say slow down

In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees.

 

University of California continues its policy of annual tuition hikes, despite undergrad opposition

The University of California renewed its policy of annual tuition hikes Wednesday after the UC Board of Regents voted 13 to 3 to approve the measure, despite fierce opposition from undergraduates.

 

California law seeks to counter antisemitism in schools; critics say it has free speech implications

Tears welling in her eyes, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan paused mid-sentence to calm herself on the Assembly floor.

 

Trump administration restores research grants to UCLA following federal judge’s order

The Trump administration has restored almost all of the 500 National Institutes of Health grants it suspended at UCLA in July in response to a federal judge’s order last week.

 

Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started

Cal Poly Pomona postponed its annual fall job fair this week after students, alumni and community members criticized its inclusion of Customs and Border Protection as an in-person recruiter, underscoring the heightened sensitivity about immigration agencies on college campuses this fall.

 

Cal State is still in the red despite tuition increase and spending cuts

California State University says it’s short $2.3 billion, a staggering budget gap that’s grown sharply since the system first revealed two years ago that it didn’t have the money to properly educate its students.

 

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

More than 17,400 high school seniors last fall got the sweetest news any anxious student can get: Congratulations, because of your high school GPA, you’re automatically admitted to one of 10 California State University campuses of your choice — and they’re all relatively affordable.

 

UC says federal law prevents it from hiring undocumented students. A lawsuit seeks to change that

Members of the coalition that’s been pushing to get the University of California to hire its undocumented students for campus jobs are now suing the university system, days after Gov.

 

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

California State University is anticipating state spending cuts next summer of nearly $400 million and a delay in promised state support of more than $250 million.