By Selen Ozturk Although California Community Colleges are the nation’s largest higher education system, student aid is the reason many students can afford education at all. This aid is available through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) for the 2024-2025 academic year, but  community college students ...

By Dianne Anderson Some of Joseph Williams’ favorite things in life have just expanded to reach a much broader territory than he has overseen in the past, namely the largest higher education system in the country. Williams was recently appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to a 17-member California Community Colleges Board of Governors, which is ...

Community colleges statewide are moving on new legislation that aims to get students through their coursework more efficiently, graduated, and onto career paths faster than ever before. Under the newly implemented legislation, procedures are changing this fall to serve more students entering community college with access credit for “transfer-level” courses in math and English, reducing ...