Community college students need to know about their right to be placed directly in transfer-level English and Math classes. Direct enrollment significantly increases students’ chances of completing college-level courses and transferring to a four-year college.
The state of California gives its lowest-income college students $1,648 a year to cover rent, food, and books. That number hasn't meaningfully budged since 1969. A unanimous Senate committee vote this week says that's no longer acceptable — but the real test is still ahead.
"Faculty shouldn't have to sue to defend their own university." As UCLA faces Trump's $1 billion demand, Politico turns to Public Advocates' legal experts for analysis on why faculty are fighting in court while university leadership stays silent.
Are new math prep courses helping or hindering STEM students? Senior Staff Attorney Jetaun Stevens says the condensed courses rolling out at California community colleges may still act as barriers—despite being designed to comply with a law meant to remove them.
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