Increasing CSU tuition up to $8,000 over a five-year period by 2030 might not be enough to cover the system's spending, as faculty press for 12% pay increases.

Undergraduate student assistants at California State University are mounting a union organizing campaign, calling for more work hours, paid sick time and higher wages.

UC leaders continue to resist a systemwide admission guarantee similar to the Associate Degree for Transfer program that offers community college students a guaranteed spot at the 23-campus California State University system.

Restorative justice is a controversial process that brings together the student who was harmed, the person who harmed them and the community to seek solutions.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo faces a backlash over the hiring of former Cal State Chancellor Joseph Castro for a faculty position. Castro resigned the chancellorship in the wake of a scandal over how he handled sexual harassment allegations against a top administrator.

California colleges often reduce financial aid to students when they earn private grants, a practice known as scholarship displacement. A new state law bans the practice for low-income students starting next fall.

A last-minute bill would force Cal State to give non-faculty staff raises, costing the system almost $900 million over 10 years — money the system says it doesn’t have. Cal State may be forced to cut programs at San Jose State and other campuses and raise tuition if it doesn’t get enough state money.

 a 2019 state law that requires student health care services clinics on California State University and University of California campuses to offer abortion by medication. It goes into effect in 2023 but does not include the state's community colleges. 

The Cal State system says current plans to expand Cal Grants would leave out more middle class students at San Jose State and other CSUs in the future, even though there would be a net gain of eligible students overall. Supporters of the expansion say Cal State officials are telling the whole story.

By officially prioritizing part-time work as a way for students to pay for college, the University of California moved closer this week to its goal of students avoiding burdensome loans by 2030.

California exempts many undocumented students from paying non-resident tuition at public colleges and universities, but gaps in the law deny exemptions to some undocumented and international students — even if they’ve lived in the state for more than a decade. 

Lawyers filed a federal class action civil rights lawsuit this month on behalf of “Jane Doe et. al.” against Scott Shaw, San Jose State and CSU trustees citing “approximately 1,000 students” who may have been victims of Shaw's sexual abuse.

CSU Students apparently won't be affected by a faculty walkout in the spring. as the state university system and its faculty union announce a tentative contract that includes raises and a COVID-19 bonus.

A new report released this month by The Campaign for College Opportunity highlights that more eligible students are applying to the University of California and California State University campuses than those colleges can admit.

California's new $47.1 billion higher education package is the highest level of state funding in history.

CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro cited the ultra-contagious Delta variant as one reason the university system will require the vaccine to protect CSU students and employees.