Women continue to lag behind men in certain science, technology, engineering and math programs.
Adam Echelman
CalMatters
Community colleges reporter for CalMatters in partnership with Open Campus.
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Free AI training comes to California colleges — but at what cost?
Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM will offer AI-related tools to California’s schools and universities in an effort to prepare the state’s students for a changing economy.
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Why a new Trump policy could expel thousands of adult students from classes
The U.S. Department of Education says adult students without legal status are now banned from certain courses. Teens at public K-12 districts could see changes too.
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‘Like having a hand cut off’: California schools reeling after AmeriCorps cuts
Trump cut AmeriCorps, laying off over 5,600 of California’s public service workers. Because of a lawsuit, the state’s program can restart, at least temporarily, but schools and disaster relief sites are still reeling from staffing shortages.
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What California taxpayers need to know about college athletes’ new school salaries
A watershed legal settlement takes effect today, allowing universities to pay college athletes directly.
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Financial aid fraud is on the rise in California. How federal officials plan to crack down
The U.S. Department of Education will begin more rigorous screening of financial aid applicants, citing instances of fraud at California’s community colleges.
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Trump wants to cut funding for California schools over one trans athlete. It’s not so easy
Trump is threatening to withhold funding from California over its policy toward transgender student athletes, but actually doing so could prove tricky for the president.
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Trump cites California LGBTQ+ centers to justify big cuts to ‘woke’ campuses
San Diego’s community college district finds itself directly in Trump’s crosshairs: Its “pride centers” were the only items called out by name in the administration’s plan to slash more than $10 billion of federal spending on education.
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How the Trump administration’s vow to revoke Chinese student visas could hurt California
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of the intent to revoke Chinese student visas could affect more than 50,000 at California universities and colleges — and prove particularly costly to UC and Cal State campuses already facing budget cuts.
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Fraud pushes California’s community colleges to consider an application fee. Is it worth it?
Faced with increasing financial aid fraud, the board of California’s community colleges is considering ways to charge students an application fee and tighten its identity verification process. Students are pushing back.