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Chronic absenteeism dropped to 20% last school year, but that is still higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 12%.

California’s college students represent a wide array of ages, ethnicities, lived experiences and political beliefs. Eight voters who attend a California college shared their perspectives with CalMatters on the issues that matter to them as some vote in local, state and national elections for the first time.

After leading the way nationally, efforts by California lawmakers to advance the rights of student athletes have stalled. No lawmakers appear poised to take up the issue in the near future.

A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California’s public universities don’t use legacy admissions.

Lea esta historia en Español Update: On Oct. 10, The California Court of Appeals in the First District denied the legal petition filed against the University of California. The legal team suing the UC said on Oct. 14 that it’ll file a new petition with the California Supreme Court within a week. Members of the […]

This story was updated Oct. 1, 2024. California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this morning banning the practice.  The state joins a rarefied group of four others that […]

A change in California law has set new rules for when young athletes can play and practice in high temperatures, affecting schools and teams across the state.

California's public schools face a one-two punch of decreasing enrollment and increasing truancy, which contribute to their financial distress.

The University of California’s student government wants every campus to have a collegiate recovery program, which offer support groups and other tools to help students battle addiction. Right now half of the campuses have them.

Changes are underway one year after scathing audits showed how the California State University system failed to handle reports of sexual discrimination, harassment and assault in its Title IX offices.