Calif. set aside $115mil for free college textbooks. This top bureaucrat is holding it up.
More than a year after California lawmakers OK’d the nine-figure sum for textbooks, it remains unspent.
California, Education
California, Education
CSU, UC begin to fast-track supplying abortion pills to campuses
A state law passed in 2019 sought to bring medicated abortions to public colleges. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on abortions, implementation is in overdrive.
Education, Fresno
CSU trustees OK controversial name changes at Fresno State
Fresno State’s library and football stadium lost their longtime names on Wednesday, for vastly different reasons.
Bakersfield, Education, Fresno
Three Valley colleges will rake in millions for low-income housing. The cost to build is swinging wildly.
Low-income housing projects are always the target of criticism over cost. But should a dorm cost $619,000?
Education, Fresno State Bulldogs
Is Fresno State getting short-end of naming rights deal for Bulldog Stadium? Here’s where it stacks up.
One year ago, Fresno State agreed to a deal with Valley Children’s Healthcare for the naming rights of the college’s football stadium. How does it compare with Mountain West competitors?
Agriculture, Bakersfield, Education
Wonderful Co. awards dozen college scholarships to Valley natives
The farming giant, led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, continued growing its education-focused philanthropy.
Education, Fresno
Central Unified trustees vote to rename Polk Elementary
Despite making the change, Central Unified isn’t planning on cancelling school namesakes in the near future. Here’s why.
California, Education
Legislature OKs sweeping audit into CSU system following sex harassment complaints
A Valley lawmaker’s demand for an independent state audit into the California State University’s handling of Title IX sex harassment complaints is moving forward.
Education, Fresno
Report: Fresno Unified expels student who took racist photograph
Fallout continues from the Bullard High School incident involving a student who was photographed wearing a KKK-style hood in the school’s weight room in early May.
Education, Fresno
Fresno Unified trustee faces defamation claim from Bullard football coach
Bullard football coach Don Arax claims Fresno Unified trustee Keisha Thomas defamed him by alleging he used a racial slur.
