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Applying for CalFresh food aid is complicated. California colleges are trying to make it easier

Across California, only one in five eligible college students receive CalFresh due to complicated requirements and an arduous application process.

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What the arrest of a green card holder at Columbia University means for students at SoCal campuses

Advocates on and off campus are preparing to help international students.

Palestinian supporters, including Mahmoud Khalil, second from left, demonstrate during a protest at Columbia University in October 2023 in New York.

When will Palisades students return to burned-down campuses?

Palisades Charter High School plans to temporarily move students to a former Santa Monica department store while elementary students share campuses.

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USC orders cuts and hiring freezes in face of federal scrutiny, budget problems

The cost cutting begins immediately and includes a hiring freeze, fewer faculty hires and no merit increases.

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Rural California schools and roads lose millions in federal funding after latest cuts

Last year, the nationwide total was $253 million, barely a blip in the overall federal budget, but a crucial funding source for rural communities that have limited options for raising revenue.

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Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans and 'special needs'

The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.

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The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education Department's office of Federal Student Aid (FSA).

How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

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Students and faculty sue administrators over last spring’s UCLA pro-Palestinian protests

The suit also alleges that UC officials discriminated against pro-Palestinian supporters and failed to protect members of the encampment from the attackers.

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COVID's long shadow in California: chronic absences, student depression and the limits of money

Five years later, nearly all students have computers and the internet; other challenges defy easy fixes.

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Trump signs order aiming to close the Education Department

The Trump administration has already moved to cut the department's staff by nearly half.

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