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The new administration has big plans, any of which could have a major impact on California education. But could is the key word. So, we will stay on top of what’s happening and it will inform our ...

My journey to a college degree has been filled with detours. After high school, I attended college for two semesters before I joined the U.S. Army. When I concluded my service as a combat engineer — ...

The U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday it is ending a grant program for Hispanic-Serving Institutions and several ...

The campaign to expand free tuition to more low-income California students has been riding a wave of unanimous goodwill, despite its large costs. But the state’s — and nation’s — largest public ...

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Whether the Cal Grant tuition program grows will play out in the next two months, as state legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom grapple with a budget deficit now estimated at between $38 billion and $73 ...

When California’s budget surplus was in the tens of billions two years ago, legislators passed a law that would expand the state’s nationally renowned free-tuition and cash aid program to an ...