California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.

The rankings were out of 434 universities and colleges nationwide. The data was collected using a rigorous methodology that evaluates more than 1,700 U.S. colleges and universities with up to 17 ...

A San Francisco Bay Area university earned a spot in the nation’s top five in the 2026 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 23. Stanford University tied Yale University at No. 4 for best ...

In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept ...

If you want to gauge the health of California’s economy, start with its community colleges. “When the economy is doing well, our enrollments are down, and when the economy is in a tough stretch or in ...

Student aid forms now disclose if a college’s graduates earn less than a high school-only benchmark. Critics say it’s not ...

Higher education is leading the charge in a region-wide effort to address a projected critical shortage of nurses in southern ...

Two California colleges have settled complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests.