October 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
It’s been three years since Tyeisha Turner left her job at a call center to get her college degree. Even though the state waived her tuition at Antelope Valley College and she has a Pell Grant and works part time, it isn’t enough for the single mother of five to cover living expenses...
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August 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
A sophomore at UC Berkeley, June Ahn comes from a family whose income is just enough to put her past the reach of much financial aid. So, like many students, Ahn is using loans to underwrite her education. To make matters worse, she comes from Washington, not California, so she pays 2.5 times...
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August 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
As an undergraduate at the UC Irvine, Christopher Campbell was almost forced to drop out by repeated double-digit increases in tuition – some in the middle of the academic year – to compensate for massive state budget cuts. Campbell ultimately made it through and is starting law...
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June 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
Attorneys general in 15 states are investigating QuinStreet, a Foster City-based Internet marketing company that connects its for-profit college clients with service members and veterans looking to spend their military education benefits. In their inquiry, the investigators expressed concerns...
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May 14, 2012, 12:05 AM
Officials at CSU Long Beach spent nearly $200,000 on extra pay for some business school faculty, tapping student fees that were supposed to be spent on recruiting professors, getting more research published and boosting enrollment. The CSU Board of Trustees authorized a new fee for graduate...
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April 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University students would wield more influence over the creation of new mandatory campus student fees, such as fees for health services, instructional activities and materials, under a bill that advanced this week through the Senate Education Committee. Under current law, the...
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
All eyes are on Santa Monica College, where a controversial plan to offer a tier of higher-priced courses has been met with pepper-spray-tainted protests and legal questions. Less noticeably, California State University officials have been mulling their own brand of higher-priced classes. In...
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September 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
About 8 percent of California student borrowers who took out federal loans for college and entered repayment in 2009 defaulted on their loans within two years – the highest federal student loan default rate the state has seen in at least six years, according to new data from the U.S....
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September 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
The California Faculty Association has launched a new online ad targeting pay packages for California State University executives – more backlash from the board of trustees' decision in July to pay a new campus president $100,000 more than his predecessor on the same day they approved...
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August 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report from Moody's Analytics finds that while improvements in the economy have caused most types of consumer loans to see decreased delinquencies, the performance of student loans has not gotten better – making the outlook for student lending and borrowers worrisome. The...
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July 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report has found that millions of students every year miss out on federal student loans and sign up for much riskier private loans instead – an option that usually brings higher interest rates and fewer safeguards for borrowers. Oakland-based advocacy group the...
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July 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
All but one of the California State University campuses are on a new list produced by the U.S. Department of Education showing colleges with the fastest-rising tuition and fees – and those campuses will have to submit reports to the federal government explaining the rapid increase....
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June 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
Why are college costs rising so dramatically? Not because of football, fancy dorms or gourmet dining halls, says a new report from the American Enterprise Institute. The report says universities should cut costs by targeting research and unnecessary programs while increasing faculty...
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December 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
Even with the latest tuition increase, a year at Cal is still cheaper than a year at San Quentin. After soul-searching and protest, University of California President Mark Yudof last month persuaded the regents to hike UC student fees by 8 percent. The increase will likely push the total cost...
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