The pilot worked like this: University officials and high schools in Riverside County pored over student course completion and grade data to identify every county high school senior who was eligible for admission to the 10 of 22 Cal State campuses chosen for the pilot. Then the students received a brochure in the mail last fall before the Nov. 30 submission deadline, plus digital correspondence, telling them they were provisionally admitted
Fall student enrollment across California State University grew for the second year in a row while international student enrollment dropped, according to newly released university data. Data released Monday revealed a 2% increase in the number of students enrolled at California State University for the fall 2025 semester, with 471,451 total students up from 461,612 students last year. The second year of increased enrollment follows two years of post-pandemic declines.
Bay Area universities lost more than $2 million in funds after the Trump administration announced it was rerouting money meant for minority-serving institutions to charter schools and other educational programs, an analysis by Bay Area News Group has revealed. In September, the Department of Education announced it was ending $350 million in discretionary funding for several minority-serving grant programs, alleging the programs were "racially discriminatory" because qualifying schools must maintain a percentage of minority students in their total student enrollment.
Bay Area universities lost more than $2 million in funds after the Trump administration announced it was rerouting money meant for minority-serving institutions to charter schools and other educational programs, an analysis by Bay Area News Group has revealed. In September, the Department of Education announced it was ending $350 million in discretionary funding for several minority-serving grant programs, alleging the programs were racially discriminatory because qualifying schools must maintain a percentage of minority students in their total student enrollment.
California State University's fall 2025 headcount ticked up 4,000 students compared with this time last year, thanks to in-state student increases that outpaced a smaller drop in out-of-state and international enrollment, preliminary data released by the system show. That growth amounts to less than a percentage point increase at CSU, bringing the total across the 22-campus system to about 465,000 students.
he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in higher education leadership and policy from Stanford University. "As his family, we take comfort in knowing that Joe's life was guided by a desire to open doors of opportunity for others," his family said in a statement. "He held fast to the belief that education could strengthen families and transform communities. His influence continues in the many people he encouraged, supported, and inspired along the way."
Housing serves as a major barrier for low-income students throughout the California State University system, with recent estimates indicating it accounts for half the cost of attendance.
Recent events in the LA area - including the presence of heavily armed immigration agents in MacArthur Park earlier this week - have left many in our community concerned for their safety.
L.A. Live's security cameras captured what happened next: In front of about 20 diners and employees, he walked up behind a man eating alone at the bar, aimed a pistol with two hands and shot him in the back of the head.
