State Policy

Nationally, state support for higher education increased 1.6 percent from 2017 to 2018, its slowest growth in five years.

Despite enthusiasm for four-year degrees offered by California community colleges, a state report calls for more time before expanding the programs.

Lisa M. Rudgers and Julie A. Peterson predict the challenges that higher education will face in the coming year.

The split between need-based and non-need-based grants remained the same year over year in 2015-16.

For every $1,000 cut from per-student state and local appropriations, the average student can be expected to pay $257 more per year in tuition and fees -- and the rate is rising.

It is important to ask crucial funding questions about such plans now, argues Bob Samuels.

But avoid legislation that would cap bachelor’s degree programs and create new oversight board.

Against a tide of pro-gun rulings and legislation, a state appeals court ruled 2 to 1 that the University of Michigan -- a public institution -- has the right to ban guns on campus.