Phil Matier: Governor Brown Looks To Bring More Courses Online
The governor is ultimately looking to make the university system a more efficient one, keeping costs down while also getting students out in a timely fashion.
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The governor is ultimately looking to make the university system a more efficient one, keeping costs down while also getting students out in a timely fashion.
After years of difficult budget cuts, Gov. Jerry Brown is offering more money to California's public colleges and universities. In return, he wants them to hold down costs, expand online learning and stop raising tuition, which has increased sharply in recent years.
The Central Valley hometowns of the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers quarterbacks are abuzz about a playoff showdown on Saturday that promises a double dose of local boy makes good.
Some students might be able to receive a four-year college bachelor's degree for just $10,000 under a proposal by a member of the California Assembly.
A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.
The governing boards of both California State University and the University of California have heeded pleas from Gov. Jerry Brown to postpone proposed tuition increases.
Hundreds of students at UC Berkeley walked out of class and marched in the rain Thursday, demanding that their tuition go down following the passage of Proposition 30.
Timothy White will replace current CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed, who announced in late May that he planned to retire after a 14-year tenure.
A California State University committee has approved a plan to raise tuition by five percent if Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative doesn't pass in November.
According to a report from non-profit watchdog California Common Sense, the state now spends more on prisons than universities.
California State University and its faculty union have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract that would avert strikes threatened for the fall.
California State University campuses at Sonoma and San Francisco are among just 10 state universities that are accepting applications for spring 2013 admissions/
The trustees of California State University approved 10 and 9 percent salary increases Tuesday for three new campus presidents, including San Francisco State's new president.
Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert Turnage told reporters Monday that the 23-campus system faces two bleak scenarios that the Board of Trustees will discuss at its Tuesday meeting.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders have come up with a plan to freeze tuition rates at California's public universities if voters approve a tax hike in November.
The report found that hundreds of programs have 10 students or fewer receiving degrees.
The California Assembly has approved a bill to cut the cost of attending a California public university for middle class students who make too much money to qualify for financial aid, but no vote has been scheduled on the complicated tax code maneuver needed to pay for the plan.
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed announced Thursday he would retire at the end of the year, and remain in his post until the trustees hire a replacement.
As California State University students face another tuition hike this fall, an investigation by the CBS station in Los Angeles has found questionable spending by the chancellor's office.
California State University employees have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a series of two-day strikes if a new contract cannot be reached.
Less than a week after Chancellor Charles Reed ordered that $90 million of financial aid be reallocated from tuition grants, abruptly eliminating a vital source of support for 20,000 grad students at all 23 CSU campuses, university officials announced the grant program had been saved.
The union and the administration are at an impasse after 22 months of negotiations and mediation.
Local students have been guaranteed admissions to San Jose State for more than 150 years, but that is now changing.
California public universities may soon ask students about their sexual orientation.
The California State University trustees have given the green light to executive pay raises. That means that the new presidents of the Fullerton and East Bay campuses will receive 10 percent more in pay than their immediate predecessors.
