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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: California community colleges - Caught on Camera

Jessie Appleby and Bill Blanken: Do California Community Colleges 'Mandate Viewpoint Conformity'?

"Science should have no agenda other than a relentless pursuit of the truth.... With DEI, we're expected to search out racism within science curriculum, and it's just not there," says professor Bill Blanken.

Are California's New 'Woke' DEI College Standards Illegal?

Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about a lawsuit against California Community Colleges' new DEI standards with FIRE attorney Jessie Appleby and the plaintiff

FIRE Lawsuit Against California Community Colleges Over "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Mandates

From today's press release, by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression:, about Palsgaard v. Christian (E.D. Cal.): Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to halt new, systemwide regulations forcing professors to espouse and teach politicized conceptions…

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As California student housing crisis deepens, solutions face roadblocks at UC and elsewhere

As California's student housing crisis deepens, plans to build more campus apartments and dorms are facing myriad roadblocks that could delay construction of thousands of urgently needed beds across the state's three public higher education systems.

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Conflict brews over Gov. Newsom's student transfer guarantee plan for ultracompetitive UCLA

LOS ANGELES — For thousands of community college students who vie each year to transfer to ultracompetitive UCLA, it sounds like a dream: Complete required coursework, meet a specified grade-point average and earn guaranteed admission to the most popular university in the nation.

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UC admissions to give second chance to rejected students who failed to meet requirements

LOS ANGELES — The University of California, aiming to widen admission access for disadvantaged students, will give a second chance to thousands of rejected California high school applicants who had a qualifying 3.0 grade point average but failed to complete the required series of 15 college preparation courses.

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UC, CSU and community colleges set to get big funding boost — with big expectations

LOS ANGELES — California's three systems of public higher education are set to get a big funding boost — but in exchange will need to meet comprehensive targets to improve access, affordability and equity under Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget proposal set to be unveiled Friday.

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Unpaid tickets, tolls and court fees prevent poor Californians from receiving tax credits

An estimated 1 million Californians will not receive their full tax refunds this year because the state will intercept the money to pay off debts such as outstanding parking tickets, tolls, court fees, tuition and child support.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: How bad was the financial aid fraud at California’s community colleges? We still don’t know, and that’s a problem

It’s not the fault of California’s community colleges that fraudsters filed thousands of fake student applications, many through bots, early during the pandemic. At least 65,000 of them included documents requesting financial aid as federal relief money flowed to colleges. At the time, campuses were closed, classes were held online,…

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Dozens of Calif. community colleges failed to turn over fraud data on possible fake enrollment

LOS ANGELES — Despite a request last August from the chancellor's office that all 116 California Community Colleges report on enrollment fraud involving fake student bots, nearly 40% of campuses failed to submit any information, deepening concerns among the Board of Governors on Monday about the extent of possible wrongdoing…

Los Angeles Times

Can 'pass/no pass' grading stem huge declines in California Community Colleges enrollment?

LOS ANGELES — Last spring, Josh Potgieter faced a severe mental health crisis. The San Diego community college student had taken on extra work to pay rent. The additional responsibility, combined with the stress of college applications and the weight of the pandemic, exacerbated his anxiety and depression.

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