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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Just days before the start of school, some California State University students were still waiting to find out how much they’re getting in grants and loans, and university officials are blaming the federal government for those delays. But despite a flurry of social media complaints about...
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Según investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Míchigan, el número de estudiantes autistas que cursan estudios universitarios es mucho mayor de lo que se creía hasta ahora. Las estimaciones anteriores situaban la población de estudiantes universitarios autistas en tan solo 60,000 en todo el país. Esas cifras se basaban en datos...
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Autistic students are attending college in far greater numbers than previously believed, according to researchers at Michigan State University. Earlier estimates placed the population of autistic college students as low as 60,000 nationwide. The figures were based on old and limited data, including a sample formed more than 25...
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Martin Romero CalMatters For many Los Angeles college students, public transit is often the cheapest and sometimes the only way to get to campus as gas and other costs rise. But using buses and trains can come with a price beyond the fare. Metro offers free passes for students at...
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Todas las escuelas públicas de los Estados Unidos deben ofrecer educación a todos los estudiantes, independientemente de su situación migratoria. En 1982, la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos confirmó, en el caso Plyler v. Doe, el derecho de los estudiantes inmigrantes de Texas a asistir a la escuela...
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All public schools in the U.S. must provide an education to all students, regardless of their immigration status. In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of immigrant students in Texas to attend school free of charge, regardless of their citizenship, in Plyler v. Doe. Texas had passed a law...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Los colegios comunitarios de California representan el sistema de educación superior más grande del país: más de 2 millones de estudiantes, o 60 veces la población estudiantil de pregrado de la UC Berkeley. Pero al recorrer un campus de un colegio comunitario, a menudo es difícil...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters California’s community colleges represent the largest higher education system in the country — more than 2 million students, or 60 times the undergraduate population of UC Berkeley. But walking around a community college campus, it’s often hard to tell. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, cafeterias and local...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters California’s community colleges have been battling fraudulent students for years, trying to prevent scammers from stealing financial aid money. Recent data shows the colleges’ efforts finally may be working. Last spring, CalMatters reported that colleges were seeing unprecedented reports of fraud, with scammers stealing millions more dollars...