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  California Governor Newsom signs student borrower protections into law - CR Advocacy

  consumerreports.org

  California law provides strongest student borrower protections in the nation SACRAMENTO, CA – Californians with education debt will soon enjoy the …

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  Gavin Newsom

  

  Cal State chooses first Mexican American chancellor

  calmatters.org - Mikhail Zinshteyn and Felicia Mello

  The next head of the California State University system — with 480,000 students, the largest public four-year university in the U.S. — will be the …

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  Gavin Newsom

  

  Overruling Cal State trustees, Newsom approves new ethnic studies requirement

  Los Angeles Times - Nina Agrawal

  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill late Monday requiring all 430,000 California State University undergraduates to take ethnic studies, a notable rebuke to the university’s governing board, which had passed its own, much broader requirement last month. The decision comes amid a growing push for ethnic …

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  Gavin Newsom

  

  A Growing Number Of U.S. Colleges Cancel Classes Amid Coronavirus Fears

  NPR - Anya Kamenetz

  Updated at 11:44 a.m. ET Tuesday A growing number of U.S. colleges have canceled in-person classes because of the coronavirus. The closures began in Washington state, and now include Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Rice University, Stanford University, Hofstra …

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  Gavin Newsom

  

  UC freshmen applications dip for a second straight year. But why?

  Los Angeles Times - Teresa Watanabe

  After more than a decade of robust growth, applications to the University of California from would-be freshmen dipped for the second year in a row while those from transfer students continued to rise, according to preliminary UC data released Tuesday. Freshman applications fell across the board — …

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  Gavin Newsom

  

  Cal State Chancellor Timothy P. White, who aimed for ambitious reforms, announces retirement

  Los Angeles Times - Nina Agrawal

  California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White, who undertook ambitious reforms to improve student achievement but was criticized at times for budget and policy decisions at the nation’s largest public university system, announced Tuesday that he will retire next year. White, 70, who became …