Nanette Asimov

The Trump administration canceled UC Berkeley’s Educational Talent Search — a 50-year-old program that helped thousands of East Bay teens get to college — over two words in its grant...

The private university places freshmen in this San Francisco district, pairing safety protocols with service and a global, city-rotating curriculum.

San Francisco State will guarantee admission to qualified San Francisco Unified seniors and City College transfers, an effort to reverse its free fall in enrollment.

High school students hoping to attend California State University will soon be admitted automatically under a new law — as long as their grades are good enough to get in.

UCLA’s No. 80 spot in the Wall Street Journal’s ranking — well below UC Berkeley and UC Merced — highlights how different measures of success can produce very different results.

UC President James Milliken warned regents meeting in San Francisco of the risks posed by the Trump administration — even as students, alumni and staff urged UC’s governing board not to be...

President Donald Trump has frozen more than $500 million in federal research funding from UCLA on allegations that UC tolerates antisemitism. Jewish faculty urge UC not to make a deal in their name.

A growing group of Bay Area college students are committed to following Charlie Kirk’s example and bringing conservative conversations to left-leaning campuses.

UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and details on their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...

California has more Hispanic-Serving Institutions than any other state, including six UC and 21 CSU campuses. The federal cuts will do “irreparable harm,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia.

Trump is attacking California’s elite colleges. How will it impact college admissions?

The Trump administration has frozen federal research grants to UCLA while demanding that UC pay $1 billion to release the grant money and drop its claim that the university mishandled antisemitism.

The UC system has launched a public campaign to defend its research mission and financial future after the Trump administration demanded $1 billion from UCLA and froze a raft of federal grants.

Next year, 19 private universities will pay a steep new tax on their endowments, according to an analysis by the American Enterprise Institute. Only one is in California.

Laney and Merritt colleges should merge and be renamed “Oakland City College,” the Peralta Community College District’s chancellor is expected to recommend to trustees.

With three weeks to go before California’s ban on legacy and donor admissions takes effect at private universities that accept state money, Stanford is forgoing Cal Grants. 

President Trump’s effort to infuse American higher education with his political agenda shifts to the University of California, with UCLA the first target.

UC Berkeley chancellor defends handling of campus antisemitism in House grilling

UC regents will hear options next week for raising tuition and using a smaller share of the proceeds for financial aid — scenarios that are already raising concerns among student leaders.

No California blaze this year has been larger than the Madre Fire in San Luis Obispo County, and Cal Fire is forecasting more to come throughout the summer.