María Blanco, the executive director of the University of California Undocumented Legal Services Center, argued that the issues for universities are different than those for the sanctuary cities that as a matter of law or policy limit their cooperation with federal requests to hold immigrants in detention… “I think that what the students will be requesting are actually things that are doable, that don’t put the university at any kind of risk in terms of their federal funding,” Blanco said.
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by Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed.
Posted: November 15th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
No decision on whether to increase tuition will be made until after January, officials said. But the idea has raised the ire of many students and faculty members, who plan to continue demonstrations Wednesday at the downtown offices of Chancellor Timothy P. White. The proposed increase, which could amount to $270 for the 2017-18 school year, was introduced as a last resort to help address Cal State’s budget shortfall… State funding has fallen from about 80% of Cal State’s operating costs in the 1990s to about 50% today, administrators said. The system relies on tuition and student fees to cover the other half. Students argue they’re already strapped by the highest tuition in history — from 2006 to 2011, tuition had more than doubled to $5,472.
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by Rosanna Xia, The Los Angeles Times.
Posted: November 15th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Squeezed to do far more with much less, the University of California and California State University are considering raising tuition for the first time in six years as they grapple with escalating demands to enroll more students, graduate them faster and hire more faculty — all with a smaller share of state dollars than in years past… What needs to be figured out, said the PPIC’s Johnson, is how to pay for all of the California students who have worked hard through high school to qualify for admission to UC and CSU. “These are students who have done everything right, and I find it astounding that we haven’t found a way to better accommodate them,” he said.
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by Teresa Watanabe and Rosanna Xia, The Los Angeles Times.
Posted: November 14th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
After President Obama announced a goal last year to make community college free for all Americans, no state has moved as aggressively as California. In 2016, at least 20 programs offering support to incoming community college students were introduced in California, bringing the state’s total to about 30, according to the federal Department of Education… California’s 113 community colleges have become an increasingly attractive option for families looking for alternatives to the state’s public universities, where academic competition has grown fierce and tuitions have tripled since 2000. The University of California’s undergraduate tuition and fees are now roughly $13,500 a year for in-state students and $40,000 for out-of-staters, well above the national averages for public universities.
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by Mike McPhate, The New York Times.
Posted: November 14th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
While Democrat Hillary Clinton made higher ed policy a core element of her campaign with a proposal to make public higher education debt-free, and then tuition-free for most students, the Republican candidate was largely silent until an Oct. 13 speech in Cincinnati, when he made remarks criticizing unaffordable student loan debt, “tremendous bloat” in campus administrations and large university endowments. But his plans remained vague. After a surprising election night win, it’s no more clear what exactly his higher education agenda will consist of. But policy analysts say Trump is likely to act in at least a handful of areas over which Democrats and Republicans have sparred — and particularly areas in which the change in administration provides opportunities for agencies under new leadership to roll back initiatives started by their predecessors.
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by Andrew Kreighbaum and Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed.
Posted: November 10th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
University of California President Janet Napolitano will soon meet with undocumented students to address their concerns about Tuesday’s presidential election of Republican Donald Trump, who pledged to rescind an executive action protecting them from deportation… Napolitano on Wednesday issued an unusual post-election statement, signed by her and 10 UC campus leaders, stating that they “remain absolutely committed to supporting all members of our community and adhering to UC’s Principles Against Intolerance.”
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by Diana Lambert, The Sacramento Bee.
Posted: November 9th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
A large number of California’s community college students face roadblocks in their education and drop out because they are required to take remedial — or what college officials call developmental — courses in math or English that many never pass, according to a new report by the Public Policy Institute of California.
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by Larry Gordon, EdSource.
Posted: November 9th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Students and families gathered at Civic Center Plaza for a workshop about the new scholarship and other sources of financial aid, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the California Dream Act. Richmond Promise manager Jessica Rodriguez and Richmond Promise executive director Jessie Stewart circulated around the room to answer questions as students filled out applications. The Richmond Promise application is the most straightforward of the three. Each applicant must verify that they are a resident of Richmond and attended a school within the West Contra Costa Unified School District boundary area from at least 9th through 12th grade.
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by Leah Rosenbaum, Richmond Confidential.
Posted: October 10th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Public higher education is at a tipping point in the United States. It is an essential public good that is suffering from an unprecedented erosion of public support, with potentially devastating consequences for our students and our economy… We need to remind ourselves as a nation of higher education’s true value and its return on investment, not only to the individual but to society. Our collective progress and prosperity hinge on quality higher education.
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by Mary Sue Coleman, The Washington Post.
Posted: October 7th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Kamala Harris, in the final weeks of her U.S. Senate campaign against fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez, released a higher education plan Tuesday calling for making public colleges and universities free for students whose families earn less than $140,000 a year… Harris’ plan, which builds on her efforts in taking on for-profit colleges, comes a week after she took criticism from Sanchez for accepting campaign contributions from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2011 and 2013, and then not bringing charges against Trump University, a for-profit program mostly shuttered in 2011. Harris returned fire by tearing into Sanchez for standing with for-profit colleges years ago in their efforts to rebuff stricter federal regulations… In June, Sanchez issued her five-point higher education plan that includes lowering community college fees to $5 per unit from $46 and offering 4-year degree programs on the campuses, as well as year-round Pell Grants.
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by Christopher Cadelago, The Sacramento Bee.
Posted: September 20th, 2016, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
