Education
Conservative professors and students are suing California’s community colleges, and winning
In numerous lawsuits, conservative professors and students allege that California’s community colleges are hindering their right to free speech under the First Amendment.
Cal State is trying to save its smallest campus by merging it with Cal Poly
Due to financial collapse brought on by enrollment declines, Cal Maritime is poised to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The merger is expected to pass a final vote by Cal State leaders tomorrow after being approved in committee today.
Judge rules against blocking UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestinian protester evictions, cites safety concerns
A Santa Cruz judge denied Tuesday a court injunction seeking to temporarily halt UC Santa Cruz's practice of mass banning of students and faculty members without individual fact-finding hearings.
How California keeps transgender student athletes on the court as bans unfold across the country
California is becoming increasingly tangled in the nationwide fight over whether transgender college athletes should be allowed to compete on teams of their gender identity. Just how much can state laws and policies protect its players?
Palo Alto’s famed tree: How its ‘facts’ are totally wrong
Extensive new research by Palo Alto resident Jeff Watt, an electrical engineer with a dogged devotion to facts, is separating truth from fiction.
Fewer kids are going to California public schools. Is there a right way to close campuses?
Declining enrollment, the end of pandemic relief funding and uncertain state funding are forcing school districts to make some difficult decisions.
New lawsuit explicitly targets San Jose State over transgender volleyball firestorm
The lawsuit adds more fuel to America's fiery debate over the participation of trans women in women's sports. Like the lawsuit against the NCAA, it is funded by ICONS, co-founded by former All-American Stanford University tennis player Kim Jones.
California schools brace for Trump’s attacks on immigrants, trans students and ‘woke’ curriculum
More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.
UC faces half-billion-dollar budget shortfall and eyes tuition increase for new nonresident students
The University of California anticipates more than a $500 million budget gap next summer, so It’s considering a $3,402 jump in tuition for new nonresident students next fall. Meanwhile, the system is planning billions in construction projects.
Stanford Graduate Workers Union set to strike
Among the union's demands are higher pay, enhanced benefits, and stronger worker protections
From Taylor Swift to Beyonce: Celebrities learn their limits with Trump’s re-election
In the autopsy of Harris' defeat, writers and political experts are looking at whether Swift, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James or others helped or hurt her candidacy.
Culture wars start to roil elections for California’s community college trustees
In Southern California, candidates and political action committees are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaigns for community college board seats. Elsewhere, the races are uncontested.