MORE ON: community colleges

Under new policies approved this week by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, the chancellor's office will get more authority over the student senate, and colleges won't get state funding anymore for students who repeat certain courses more than three times. At its... + read more

Five California institutions are among the top 120 community colleges in the United States, according to a new ranking from the nonprofit Aspen Institute. The colleges on the list – selected from 1,200 institutions nationwide – are now eligible to compete for the first-ever Aspen... + read more

Unlike the often angry responses in recent years to fee increases at UC and CSU, the community college fee hike proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is being met with little resistance. In his budget proposal, Brown wants to raise community college fees from $26 to $36 per credit, which for students... + read more

California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott says Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to change the way community colleges are funded is "not a good idea," and that he will try to convince the Legislature to amend it. Scott told California Watch that Brown's proposal would... + read more

The Los Angeles Community College District has hired an outside firm to set up an Office of Inspector General and a whistle-blower program to review "financial integrity and legal compliance" of the district's $6 billion construction program and to receive any information about "... + read more