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Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
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Andrea Madison CalMatters After receiving a high school diploma, securing a stable, well-paying job is often priority number one for recent graduates in California who decide against pursuing higher education. If you’ve determined that college isn’t the best next step, you are not alone. About 37% of students graduating from the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Grizzled farmworkers are the hot new commodity as community colleges try to reverse a years-long enrollment decline. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the “golden age” of higher education — where more and more adults were attending college every year — came to a halt, and California’s...
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A new survey of 25,000 high school seniors finds 74% say they want to go to college – but only 66% expect to enroll. The nonprofit YouthTruth found the 8% percent gap widens to 14% for Native American students, 10% for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, 9% Hispanics, and 8% for...
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Casi la mitad de todos los cursos de los colegios comunitarios son impartidos por profesores de medio tiempo, y un nuevo acuerdo laboral significa que ahora el profesorado adjunto de los colegios comunitarios de Los Angeles tendrá una atención medica accesible. El acuerdo, anunciado el viernes, otorgara a los...
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Almost half of all community college courses are taught by part-time instructors, and a new labor agreement means adjunct faculty at community colleges in Los Angeles will get affordable health care. The deal, announced Friday, will give part-time faculty the same contribution – about $1,300 a month – as...
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Los nuevos hallazgos confirman las sospechas sobre las principales razones por las que muchos estudiantes consideraron abandonar la universidad en los últimos seis meses. El informe de la Fundación Gallup y Lumina, ” Estrés y Abandono: La Crisis de Salud Mental en la Educación Superior”, revela que aproximadamente tres...
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New findings confirm suspicions about the top reasons many students considered dropping out of college over the last six months. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation report, “Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education,” reveals about three in five undergraduates say emotional stress and mental...
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Solo el 14% de los 94,000 estudiantes universitarios indocumentados de California reciben algún tipo de ayuda financiera estatal, según un nuevo informe. Los investigadores de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California descubrieron que solo la mitad de las personas que son elegibles para recibir ayuda estatal para la educación...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
Andrea Madison CalMatters After receiving a high school diploma, securing a stable, well-paying job is often priority number one for recent graduates in California who decide against pursuing higher education. If you’ve determined that college isn’t the best next step, you are not alone. About 37% of students graduating from the...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Grizzled farmworkers are the hot new commodity as community colleges try to reverse a years-long enrollment decline. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the “golden age” of higher education — where more and more adults were attending college every year — came to a halt, and California’s...
A new survey of 25,000 high school seniors finds 74% say they want to go to college – but only 66% expect to enroll. The nonprofit YouthTruth found the 8% percent gap widens to 14% for Native American students, 10% for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, 9% Hispanics, and 8% for...
Casi la mitad de todos los cursos de los colegios comunitarios son impartidos por profesores de medio tiempo, y un nuevo acuerdo laboral significa que ahora el profesorado adjunto de los colegios comunitarios de Los Angeles tendrá una atención medica accesible. El acuerdo, anunciado el viernes, otorgara a los...
Almost half of all community college courses are taught by part-time instructors, and a new labor agreement means adjunct faculty at community colleges in Los Angeles will get affordable health care. The deal, announced Friday, will give part-time faculty the same contribution – about $1,300 a month – as...
Los nuevos hallazgos confirman las sospechas sobre las principales razones por las que muchos estudiantes consideraron abandonar la universidad en los últimos seis meses. El informe de la Fundación Gallup y Lumina, ” Estrés y Abandono: La Crisis de Salud Mental en la Educación Superior”, revela que aproximadamente tres...
Solo el 14% de los 94,000 estudiantes universitarios indocumentados de California reciben algún tipo de ayuda financiera estatal, según un nuevo informe. Los investigadores de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California descubrieron que solo la mitad de las personas que son elegibles para recibir ayuda estatal para la educación...