December 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
Newly released emails and documents show which current and former senior administrators at the College of the Desert were aware that the district's enrollment figures were inaccurate and the college was overbilling the state – a deception that will cost the district $5.26 million in...
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November 30, 2012, 12:35 AM
The College of the Desert in Palm Desert will have to pay back $5.2 million because the district knowingly overstated its enrollment and overbilled the state for seven years, a pattern that the state Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team characterized as potential fraud. The state...
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June 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
California high schools that serve largely Latino or African American students are failing them as pathways to college, according to a new report by a statewide education policy, research and advocacy organization. Just 10 percent of high schools that serve primarily Latino students have above...
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February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than a decade after California law banned race-conscious admissions, outreach and financial aid at public universities, the state's most selective public university system has seen a significant impact on its ability to increase enrollments of African American, Latino and American Indian...
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October 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
About three out of four California public high school graduates in 2008-09 went on to college, but that rate varies widely among counties and various demographic groups, data recently released by the California Department of Education shows. Enrollment in a postsecondary institution within 16...
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February 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
In San Francisco and Marin counties, over half of the adult population has a college degree. An interactive graphic created by the Chronicle of Higher Education presents the percentage of the adult population with a college degree in every county around the country from 1940 to the present. ...
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