The decisions by the University of California and California State University to hold the line on tuition increases in the Fall are welcome news, provided
Governor Gavin Newsom’s first Budget proposal has a good deal of hopeful news for higher education. Now, the devil will be in the details and
California continues to flourish and higher education is the secret sauce that nourishes the state’s economy. Our world class academic institutions are at the center of
There is no such thing as a free college education. When the State doesn’t pay its fair share of the cost of educating students at
During the past quarter century, enrollment at the University of California and California State University has increased dramatically, while State funding for the campuses has
California’s acclaimed higher education system owes a debt to many governors and legislators, but particularly two governors who championed the growth and accomplishments of the
Recently, a leading New York educator lamented that “too many academically talented children” from low income families are “shut out of college or turned away
The polls are in and University of California campuses are slipping. We are not talking about football or basketball, but about academics. In the most
The numbers tell the story. California’s high schools are turning out more college eligible students than ever before and our community colleges, the University of California