Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters, Author at Local News Matters

AFTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the tide of departing students and bring them back. So far, progress has been uneven. Through last fall, just 17 of California’s 116 community colleges have seen the number of students […]

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