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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters La Universidad de California seguirá evaluando el papel del SAT en la admisión de estudiantes de pregrado, a pesar de que los medios de comunicación han informado de que el prestigioso sistema universitario público ha suspendido dichas deliberaciones. La confusión surge en un momento en que...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The University of California will still evaluate the role of the SAT in undergraduate admissions, despite media reports indicating that the revered public university system suspended those deliberations. The confusion comes at a time when a growing chorus of professors and media commentators are pushing the...
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Matt Simon Grist Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting apple trees (really, he got them drunk instead, as his real goal was encouraging the production of cider), but because he created so much shade to enjoy on hot days. More...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Federal financial aid is the engine of the country’s higher education system, pouring billions in student loans and grants into California alone, and this summer, the U.S. Department of Education plans to expand aid for students enrolled in short-term job training programs. Except the state isn’t...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished. Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administration issued a sweeping new policy directive that took aim at legal immigration. It would have required most temporary visa holders and humanitarian parolees living in the U.S. to return to...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media En un período caracterizado por el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de los alimentos, más de 3 millones de personas han perdido el acceso al Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP) en los últimos 10 meses. Se prevé que otro millón de personas...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media During a period marked by soaring food prices, more than 3 million people have lost access to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP — over the past 10 months. An additional 1 million more are expected to lose the critical food safety...
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Dan Walters CalMatters Two weeks from now we’ll probably know which of the 61 candidates for governor have finished 1-2 in the primary election and will face each other in November for the dubious honor of governing a state that may be ungovernable. The weasel adverb “probably” is warranted...
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The new USCIS memorandum on adjustment of status marks a significant shift in how thousands of immigrants could obtain legal permanent residency in the United States. The agency maintains that “adjustment of status”—the process that allows applicants to apply for a green card without leaving the country—is a discretionary...