The San Jose Evergreen Community College District offers a course at a local middle school, and plans to offer more in the future. The college faculty union worries that the students are too young.
Adam Echelman
CalMatters
Community colleges reporter for CalMatters in partnership with Open Campus.
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Many Californians can’t get mental health help. Is it too hard to become a therapist?
All across the state, but especially in rural areas like Amador County, finding a therapist is challenging.
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Fraud in California community colleges triggers call for Trump investigation
Following CalMatters reporting, California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud.
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How do high schoolers in your area really fare after graduation? A new California tool lets you know
California’s new Cradle to Career dashboards track students’ college paths and earnings after high school graduation — but leave out some key details.
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A new program trains college students for jobs helping homeless Californians. Can it survive?
Santa Monica College started California’s first-ever community college program aimed at training the next generation of homeless service workers
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Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs
Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration is now ending.
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Fake student aid: California colleges detect more fraudsters stealing millions
Scammers have stolen more than $10 million in federal financial aid from California’s community colleges in the last 12 months — more than double what they stole in the prior year.
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A ‘missed opportunity’: Does Newsom’s plan to get Californians into better jobs do enough?
Gov. Gavin Newsom released the Master Plan for Career Education, which aims to get Californians into better jobs.
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Parents can’t figure out how California schools are doing. Newsom’s plan to fix that stalls
In 2019, his first year in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the Cradle-to-Career Data System, a new state entity that aims to track students’ progress from preschool through employment. The data system was supposed to release its first public dashboard last spring.
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College athletes can now make millions off sponsorship deals. Here’s the first look at California’s numbers
In 2021, California allowed college athletes to earn money, profiting off their name, image and likeness. University records show which student athletes are benefitting and how.