Recent articles related to community college faculty issues, labor and SMCCCD, selected from local, state and national news sources.
1/18/23 — New federal data show two-year enrollment trends by age (Inside Higher Ed)
1/17/23 — As Students’ Mental-Health Concerns Grow, One University’s Professors Say They Should Get a Raise (Chronicle of Higher Ed.)
1/16/23 — Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach (New York Times)
1/11/23 — What’s Next for Higher Education in 2023? (Public Policy Institute of California)
1/10/23 — Calif. schools, community colleges to face slight drop in funding, first in a decade (EdSource)
1/9/23 — During pandemic many Americans chose not to go to college, but high schoolers did (NPR)
1/6/23 — Six takeaways for Californians after the UC graduate student worker strike (Cal Matters)
1/6/23 — Bachelor’s degree dreams of community college students get stymied by red tape — and it’s getting worse (Hechinger Report)
1/5/23 — Cal State TAs and other student employees could follow UC to a strike (EdSource)
12/23/22 — San Mateo Community College District to continue remote work (San Mateo Daily Journal)
12/23/22 — University of California Academic Workers End Strike (New York Times)
12/19/22 — During UC strike, professors take learning outside of the classroom (Cal Matters)
12/5/22 — The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history (Guardian)
11/26/22 — Faculty union voices frustrations over stalled negotiations (Skyline View)
11/18/22 — California community colleges eye a different future amid pandemic disruption (EdSource)
11/16/22 — The 2023‑24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges (Legislative Analyst’s Office)
11/10/22 — Growing numbers of California high schoolers dual enroll in college courses, but access uneven statewide (EdSource)