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Self-directed learning leads San Francisco jam maker to business career change

This is the latest in an occasional series on individuals who have used self-directed learning to change their lives and follow their dreams to success.Eric Haeberli was on a search for a career change, one that would satisfy...

College Bound Brotherhood celebrates young male graduates June 3 in Oakland

Graduation season is here, and once again we celebrate the hard work and eye on success that propels every new high school graduate. For some graduates the journey to becoming college ready has additional positive meaning and the realization of...

Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and other top schools attract Russian students

Russia is telling thousands of its students to go west, study, but remember to come home, with its new scheme for student study abroad. Under a new government effort to increase its scientific workforce, Russia plans to launch a program...

Calif high school grads forego state's public colleges to enroll in other states

There is no denying that California's high school graduates have an increased demand for higher education. This comes just as the number of qualified high school graduates is at historically high levels for every ethnic group in the...

UC San Diego will drop transfer admissions guarantee, upsetting local colleges

The University of California at San Diego has announced its plan to end a long-standing transfer policy that has essentially rewarded the state's community college students for their hard work.Beginning in 2014, UC San Diego will...

UC Hastings slashes admissions 20 percent – the new wave of law school trends

Almost everyone has an opinion on lawyers it seems, but before the lawyers come the law students, and their numbers are where changes have begun. Just as in virtually every field these days, the economy and changes in the job...

Stanford and UC Berkeley led the way in MOOC courses: Princeton and Penn join in

Earlier this year two Stanford University professors, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, founded Coursera, a platform offering free, online course versions of some courses offered at the university. Since then a growing number of top-tier schools have signed on...

New report gives University of California campuses a push for autonomy

A big change may soon be under way across the University of California campuses. A proposal released this week from the University of California at Berkeley urges UC campuses to adopt a system of local governance. According to the proposal...

Final decision on CA Community College two-tier tuition plans: Illegal

California community colleges around the state have finally gotten an answer from higher ups on two-tiered tuition plans. Based on a Santa Monica College announced plan – since abandoned -- to charge more for some high-demand courses beginning summer...

Stanford study predicts even steeper budget cuts to CSU and UC systems

Brace yourselves for another shocking report about the sad state of California’s public higher education. The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research has just released “Public Higher Education in California: examining the Financial landscape of the 21st...

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Self-directed learning leads San Francisco jam maker to business career change

College Bound Brotherhood celebrates young male graduates June 3 in Oakland

Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and other top schools attract Russian students

Calif high school grads forego state's public colleges to enroll in other states

UC San Diego will drop transfer admissions guarantee, upsetting local colleges

UC Hastings slashes admissions 20 percent – the new wave of law school trends

Stanford and UC Berkeley led the way in MOOC courses: Princeton and Penn join in

New report gives University of California campuses a push for autonomy

Final decision on CA Community College two-tier tuition plans: Illegal

Stanford study predicts even steeper budget cuts to CSU and UC systems

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