California

As California leaders end impasse, plan to close huge gap cuts hundreds of millions in college operating support, but spares student aid and funds community college enrollment growth.

Plan before Board of Regents today is projected to significantly cut Asian admissions. Who would gain the most? Not black and Latino applicants.

California community college plans certificate curriculum combining traditional Great Books approach with electronic delivery.

California State U. reserves spots at each campus for veterans or service members selected by their commanders.

Two private colleges create or expand programs that lower tuition for students who are admitted to local state universities.

Producers of new feature offer free screenings to colleges, some of which accept. At U. of Maryland, legislators get movie blocked.

Seldom have higher education officials lobbied so hard for something that may not be in their ultimate best interest, but these are strange days in California.

Voter rejection of budget measures makes enormous budget cuts likely for public higher education.

After state voters nix a budget bailout, one community college district prepares to do what two-year institutions always try to avoid -- turn away students.

With a projected $700 million cut on the horizon, California's community colleges could increase tuition with no impact on most students, new report says.