February 17, 2022

Adjuncts often find ladder leads to nowhere in California community colleges

Many take part-time teaching jobs hoping for a tenured professor post.

Thomas Peele

February 14, 2022

Health care benefits key battleground for California’s adjunct community college faculty

2022 may be the year of health benefits for part-time faculty at California's community colleges, where adjuncts teach about half of the courses and make up about two-thirds of the faculty. Gov. Newsom is proposing more funding that could give some of these instructors coverage for the first time.

Thomas Peele

February 10, 2022

The gig workers of California community colleges face worsening conditions

Gig by gig, adjunct faculty teach about half of the classes at California Community Colleges' 115 campuses. As the pandemic drives more students away, these critical part-timers fear losing their jobs.

Thomas Peele

August 26, 2021

California community college adjuncts are pushing to get paid for time-consuming pandemic switch to online

California community college adjuncts who helped the system switch to online classes during the pandemic are getting differing amounts of federal Covid aid for the extra work.

Thomas Peele

August 25, 2021

Covid relief for California community college students depends on the school they attend

Across California's community colleges, students are receiving varying amounts of emergency financial aid grants.

Michael Burke

July 9, 2021

How one California campus, the statewide leader in Covid aid, starts spending its millions

CSU Northridge benefits from the federal Covid relief formula which makes the campus eligible for $265 million, the most of any California college.

Larry Gordon

July 8, 2021

A breakdown of $69 billion in federal Covid relief to the nation's colleges and universities

EdSource has gathered newly available federal data, with tables, charts, and maps, which detail funding and spending across the country.

Justin Allen And Daniel J. Willis

July 8, 2021

Few strings for colleges on how to spend record federal Covid relief dollars

The once-in-a-lifetime pandemic drove Congress and two presidential administrations to approve $69 billion in Covid relief for higher education with the highest amount, more than $9.5 billion, for California colleges and universities.

Thomas Peele

June 15, 2021

California community colleges lose students to more expensive for-profit colleges

Community colleges face calls to do more as Black, Native American and Pacific Islander students enroll in for-profit colleges at alarming rates.

Thomas Peele

May 11, 2021

Police training at California public colleges gets a shakeup following George Floyd murder

California's community colleges and state university system are deeply involved in training and educating police officers and are making changes a year after George Floyd was murdered.

Thomas Peele

April 12, 2021

California's community colleges at critical crossroads as more students opt not to attend

Enrollment at California's community colleges has plummeted during the pandemic creating uncertainty for some colleges. Online classes, job loss and child care are among the reasons students have not enrolled.

Michael Burke And Daniel J. Willis

March 17, 2021

California lawmakers push agency to better protect students at for-profit colleges

At issue is the future of the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education, which regulates for-profit colleges in California

Thomas Peele

March 12, 2021

California agency that oversees for-profit colleges to face critics

The agency that regulates California’s 1800 for-profit colleges needs reauthorization from the Legislature to keep operating. Lawmakers say they want it to do a better job protecting the 260,000 students at for-profit schools.

Thomas Peele

March 5, 2021

Calls to change funding to increase faculty diversity at California Community Colleges

California higher education supporters say the state legislature needs to change an arcane state law that inadequately funds efforts to diversify community college faculty. An EdSource investigation revealed the system's failings.

Thomas Peele

March 1, 2021

California’s failure to diversify community college faculty tied to arcane state law

The California Community Colleges has a highly diverse student body but relies on a failed and arcane state law to diversify its faculty.

Thomas Peele And Daniel J. Willis