HIGHER ED DIVE Natalie Schwartz February 4, 2021 Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week proposed guaranteed admission to the state’s four-year universities for certain community college graduates. Starting in 2023, first-time, first-year community college students would be able to select either a California State University or University of California campus to reserve spots for them. […]
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Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford February 5, 2021 State sociopolitical factors strongly influenced four-year public colleges in their reopening decisions, new working paper finds. County sociopolitical factors played into decision making at private four-year colleges and two-year public colleges. In fall reopening announcements, colleges and universities emphasized student and employee safety as important in their […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Lilah Burke February 5, 2021 Of the 650,000 Californians who are incarcerated, on parole or on probation, fewer than 20,000 are enrolled in some form of higher education, a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity suggests. Through focus groups with formerly incarcerated people in California who attended a public university, the organization […]
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CNBC Annie Nova February 4, 2021 KEY POINTS The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers. The plan would cancel all of the debt for […]
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