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COVID-19 has touched just about every facet of life, and a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending says women repaying student loans have been hit especially hard. The report says in particular, the pandemic exacerbated the financial instability of women of color, reducing their ability to repay...
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Cuando Charity Machado tuvo a su primer hijo, Cali, a la edad de 15 años, esperaba muchos de los sacrificios que conlleva ser una madre joven, pero estaba decidida a no dejar que su educación fuera uno de ellos. Machado completó sus requisitos de educación general en Sacramento State...
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When Charity Machado had her first child, Cali, at the age of 15, she expected many of the sacrifices that came with being a young mother, but was determined not to let her education be one of them. Machado completed her general education requirements at Sacramento State before transferring...
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While the vast majority of California’s school districts lost students during most of this past decade, hundreds of districts — mostly small and rural — have grown, emerging from the height of the pandemic with higher enrollment. Most districts would welcome an enrollment increase and the per-student state funding boost that usually...
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, highlighting serious consequences of drinking too much. Excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 95,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Scott Itano, a family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Washington in Seattle, said the pandemic has exacerbated dangerous...
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Universidades de California, especialmente las instituciones de 2 años están trabajando horas extra para atraer a más estudiantes este otoño, a raíz de una fuerte caída en la inscripción durante la pandemia. Según la Camara Nacional de Compensación de Estudiantes, las universidades de California perdieron más de 250 mil estudiantes entre...
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California colleges, especially two-year institutions, are working overtime to attract more students this fall, in the wake of a big drop in enrollment during the pandemic. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, California colleges lost more than 250,000 students from 2019 to 2021. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, said enrollment...
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Las recesiones en California tienden a ampliar la brecha entre ricos y pobres. La fuerte recesión pandémica de 2020 siguió este patrón y los trabajadores de bajos ingresos fueron los que más sufrieron. Pero un alivio gubernamental sin precedentes evitó que millones cayeran en la pobreza, y la demanda...
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Recessions in California tend to widen the gap between rich and poor. The sharp pandemic downturn of 2020 followed this pattern with low-income workers suffering the most. But unprecedented government relief kept millions from falling into poverty, and demand for labor boosted wages when businesses reopened. Now with federal...
COVID-19 has touched just about every facet of life, and a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending says women repaying student loans have been hit especially hard. The report says in particular, the pandemic exacerbated the financial instability of women of color, reducing their ability to repay...
Cuando Charity Machado tuvo a su primer hijo, Cali, a la edad de 15 años, esperaba muchos de los sacrificios que conlleva ser una madre joven, pero estaba decidida a no dejar que su educación fuera uno de ellos. Machado completó sus requisitos de educación general en Sacramento State...
When Charity Machado had her first child, Cali, at the age of 15, she expected many of the sacrifices that came with being a young mother, but was determined not to let her education be one of them. Machado completed her general education requirements at Sacramento State before transferring...
While the vast majority of California’s school districts lost students during most of this past decade, hundreds of districts — mostly small and rural — have grown, emerging from the height of the pandemic with higher enrollment. Most districts would welcome an enrollment increase and the per-student state funding boost that usually...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, highlighting serious consequences of drinking too much. Excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 95,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Scott Itano, a family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Washington in Seattle, said the pandemic has exacerbated dangerous...
Universidades de California, especialmente las instituciones de 2 años están trabajando horas extra para atraer a más estudiantes este otoño, a raíz de una fuerte caída en la inscripción durante la pandemia. Según la Camara Nacional de Compensación de Estudiantes, las universidades de California perdieron más de 250 mil estudiantes entre...
California colleges, especially two-year institutions, are working overtime to attract more students this fall, in the wake of a big drop in enrollment during the pandemic. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, California colleges lost more than 250,000 students from 2019 to 2021. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, said enrollment...
Las recesiones en California tienden a ampliar la brecha entre ricos y pobres. La fuerte recesión pandémica de 2020 siguió este patrón y los trabajadores de bajos ingresos fueron los que más sufrieron. Pero un alivio gubernamental sin precedentes evitó que millones cayeran en la pobreza, y la demanda...