California Community Colleges

Kaylin Tran imagined her first year at UCLA after transferring from Pasadena City College as kind of like a coming of age movie: She’d join clubs, make lifelong friends and pore over books in the university’s iconic library. Instead, thanks to the pandemic, she’s sitting in front of a computer screen in her family’s San […]

Lea este artículo en español. First-time voter Fernando Villarreal is looking forward to participating in the upcoming presidential election. “I think it’s a really important election for democracy and I think young people have a lot at stake when it comes to education, healthcare and a lot of other issues,” said the Palomar College freshman. But […]

Pierce College theater student Sonny Lira was in the middle of rehearsing a script when his phone overheated and shut off, abruptly cutting off his performance. This wasn’t the first time technical difficulties interrupted Lira’s community college class. Since Wi-Fi wasn’t good enough at home, Lira often practiced his lines over Zoom in his car, […]

The CalMatters College Journalism Network will double in size this fall, offering paid fellowships to a diverse cohort of 14 student journalists from campuses across California.  We launched the network earlier this year with a two-part mission: improve CalMatters’ higher education coverage by focusing on student voices, and provide training and career opportunities for student […]

This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night.  The stress of moving to online classes, figuring out how to safely buy food during quarantine, and worrying about the well-being of her immunocompromised family manifested in what Monnette described […]

Students presented California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley with a variety of concerns, and his responses had a common thread: The community college system needs more money.

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, August 12. Let the lobbying begin Joe Biden chose California Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate Tuesday, putting the Golden State on the national ticket for the first time in nearly 40 years and launching yet another game of political musical chairs — this time in the hands […]

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, August 10. Second top resignation in two months The director of California’s public health department resigned late Sunday night, less than a week after state officials reported a tech glitch that resulted in an undercount of coronavirus cases and confusion about the scope of infections as the state’s death toll […]

Update, July 14: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement rescinded Tuesday its new rules requiring international students to attend in-person classes in order avoid deportation, after colleges around the country — including the University of California — sued to block them. The decision was announced as part of a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Harvard and […]

The UC and and CSU systems will take a $602 million hit under California budget cuts, potentially leading to a tuition hike for some families.