California

California attorney general heralds Corinthian Colleges' $6.5 million settlement over company's practices, but consumer advocates criticize it.

Ousted president of New College of California admits special treatment for student who promised a $1 million gift. Were grades bought?

Debate over regulating for-profit colleges seems as intractable as ever as two new proposals for overseeing the sector circulate.

Compromise proposal emerges at U. of California, with regents' vote scheduled this week -- but critics still see potential infringements on academic freedom.

A "tentative" federal court order suggests that states can't favor one regional accreditor over another -- and could complicate the California for-profit college debate.

Governor also vetoes bill sought to pressure publishers to lower textbook prices, but signs competing bill that publishers backed.

A ballot initiative in California seeks to modify the funding formula for community colleges, but some question whether it would compound budget problems.

With legislation blocked in Congress and vetoed in California, educators worried about undocumented students consider the consequences.

California has long been a land of immigrants; in 1920, almost a quarter of its residents were foreign-born, though the vast majority of the population had European roots. So it probably won't shock anyone that the state's flagship public university, the University of California at Berkeley, today has a strong immigrant tilt to its undergraduate student body.

Down a lot of students and a couple million dollars, a progressive California college considers its options.