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For the first time, a Latino will head the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
By Brenda Fernanda Verano | CALO News | Jun. 14, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of David Esquivel A Latino born in Mexico City will lead the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), ... -
Yet another FAFSA problem: Many noncitizens can't fill it out
By Sequoia Carrillo & Janet W. Lee | NPR | Feb. 13, 2024 | Photo by John Lamb Most days, Vanessa Cordova Ramirez wakes at 6 a.m. to take care ... -
CSULB will get all their textbooks for a flat fee under new program
By Maison Tran | Long Beach Post | NOV. 18, 2023 | Photo By Thomas R. Cordova Cal State Long Beach will launch its Equitable Textbook Access (ETA) program next ... -
Left out: Dreamers miss too many education opportunities that could change their lives
All learners deserve a chance, and some new programs are giving them the boost they need By Chris Aviles & Jefferson Pestronk | The Hechinger Report | NOV. 13, 2023 ... -
Miami immigration advocate to lead nation’s largest college aid program for undocumented youth
By Syra Ortiz Blanes | Miami Herald | OCT. 27, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Maria Gabriela Pacheco Maria Gabriela Pacheco knows firsthand what it’s like to be an ambitious ... -
Cal State trustees approve controversial tuition hike
By: Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times ~ March 22, 2017 After a heated morning of debate and impassioned statements from students, professors and lawmakers, the California State University Board of Trustees ... -
American Council on Education: Immigration Post-election Q&A: DACA Students, "Sanctuary Campuses," and Institutional or Community ...
The presidential election has jolted campuses with speculation and concern about undocumented community members and other issues impacting international populations. The roughly 750,000 young people who have been approved for ... -
California's university leaders are urging Trump to embrace students who are in the U.S. illegally
By Rosanna Xia and Teresa Watanabe, Contact Reporter, The LA Times ~ November 29th, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-daca-uc-csu-ccc-20161128-story.html Leaders of California’s three systems of public higher education sent a joint letter to President-elect Donald Trump on ... -
College & University Presidents Call for U.S. to Uphold and Continue DACA
Pomona College ~ November 21st, 2016 https://www.pomona.edu/news/2016/11/21-college-university-presidents-call-us-uphold-and-continue-daca Higher education leaders cite “moral imperative” and “national necessity” in supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. As of Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. PST, ... -
Return to bilingual education in California
The L.A. Times Editorial Board, September 7, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-proposition-58-20160906-snap-story.html Proposition 227, the 1998 initiative that eliminated most bilingual education in California, was heavily tinged with resentment toward immigrants. But there ...
