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Un nuevo análisis de los datos de Inscripción universitaria del Informe Hechinger muestra que las personas están pagando cantidades muy diferentes por la misma educación, debido a descuentos en la matricula que se disfrazan de ayudas por méritos o becas. Los datos muestran que gran parte de las denominadas...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service A new analysis of college enrollment data in the Hechinger Report shows that people are paying vastly different amounts for the same education – because of tuition discounts masquerading as merit aid or scholarships. The data show that much of the so-called merit-based aid...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters San Diego es conocido por muchas cosas: surfear en las playas de la ciudad de La Jolla, así como por los pandas gigantes en el zoológico y la excelente comida mexicana, por nombrar algunas. Ahora, hay un nuevo elemento en su lista de visitas obligadas. En...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters San Diego is known for many things: surfing at La Jolla, the giant pandas at the zoo, and great Mexican food, to name a few. Now, there’s a new item on your must-see list. On billboards, buses, and through social media posts starting this week, the...
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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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Rocky Walker CalMatters When Isabella Warren, a student at California State University Northridge, was placed on academic probation in 2020, she felt isolated. She had fallen behind during the transition to online classes at the start of the pandemic, dealing with the strain of lockdown as well as the...
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Los colegios comunitarios rurales enfrentan muchos desafíos, pero muchos han convertido la determinación en innovación, con las mejores prácticas mostradas en un nuevo informe del Instituto Aspen. Los investigadores destacaron los esfuerzos en dos colegios comunitarios rurales de California. Kate Mahar, vicepresidenta asociada de innovación e iniciativas estratégicas de...
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Rural community colleges face a lot of challenges, but many have turned determination into innovation, with best practices showcased in a new report from the Aspen Institute. Researchers singled out efforts at two rural California community colleges. Kate Mahar, associate vice president of innovation and strategic initiatives at Shasta College explained...
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Alyssa Story & Carmen González CalMatters For the last decade Teague O’Shea has been in and out of college. Now, at 42 years old, he is trying again. Furthering his education was important to O’Shea, who had been working as an apprentice electrician for his local water district, but...