The previous week has been a blur for Fred Farina, the California Institute of Know-how’s chief innovation officer, who misplaced his house within the fires nonetheless tearing via Los Angeles. “Issues turned on a dime. One night we have been sitting in our front room and inside 10 minutes we needed to evacuate,” stated Farina,…
California governor Gavin Newsom’s $322 billion funds plan, revealed in larger element Friday, got here with some notable wins and losses for larger ed. The proposed 2025–26 fiscal yr funds slashed ongoing state funding to the California State College system by $375 million, an virtually 8 p.c discount. The College of California system can be slated for…
A new report recommends a radical overhaul of California’s public greater training methods, EdSource reported. The College of California, California State College and California Neighborhood School methods ought to merge, in keeping with the report by the Civil Rights Challenge at UCLA and California Competes, a analysis and advocacy group targeted on California greater ed…
One in eight college students in California’s public establishments of upper training are mother and father. State and federal knowledge helps paint an image of those college students’ lived experiences and desires. SDI Productions/E+/Getty Photographs Current laws in California requires public establishments, together with two- and four-year schools, to supply precedence registration to scholar mother…
California governor Gavin Newsom signed laws banning admissions preferences for kin of alumni and donors at each private and non-private universities within the state on Monday, the second legislation within the nation that applies to unbiased in addition to public faculties. The legislation is essentially the most vital win but for opponents of legacy admissions,…
A state audit discovered that California nonetheless has work to do to streamline switch processes between group faculties and its public universities. California state auditor Grant Parks famous within the audit report that the majority switch college students who utilized to the College of California and California State College programs gained admission to a minimum…
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Every year, many Californians report experiencing or witnessing office violence. Accounts vary from threats and verbal abuse to bodily assault and murder. Organizations throughout all industries should defend their employees. With the introduction of SB 553, California employers at the moment are mandated to stick to stringent requirements to safeguard their staff from office hazards,…
“We’re The Cramps, and we’re from New York Metropolis, and we drove 3,000 miles to play for you people.” So begins one of many oddest but in addition the punkest of punk rock concerts in history, as The Cramps play for a crowd at a state malestal hospital in Napa, California. The date was June 13, 1978, a…
The California Jazz Conservatory will wind down its diploma packages on the finish of the autumn 2024 time period on account of low enrollment, the small, personal establishment introduced Wednesday. The announcement famous “monetary realities” that necessitated ending the packages. California Jazz Conservatory provided affiliate and bachelor’s levels targeted on jazz research. “You could know…
A state audit discovered 5 campuses within the College of California system, together with UC Berkeley, had incomplete or deceptive details about relationships with on-line program managers. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Occasions by way of Getty Pictures The College of California system wants extra oversight and transparency when working with on-line program administration companies,…