California’s ESL courses gained 30,000 students over the past six years. As the Trump administration revokes student visas and escalates immigration raids, that growth is at risk.
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Demand for immigration legal services spikes at California colleges
California’s estimated 100,000 undocumented college students are grappling with President Donald Trump’s plans of mass deportations. Dream centers on many campuses are stepping in to provide guidance and meet the skyrocketing demand for legal services from students.
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California students want careers in AI. Here’s how colleges are meeting that demand
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent deal with Nvidia will boost artificial intelligence education at community colleges and open the door to similar deals for public four-year universities in California. Meanwhile, computer science programs are adding AI concentrations and majors to prepare students for a range of “blue collar” and technical AI jobs.
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Amid youth mental health crisis, teens ask for a kinder college admissions process
High school students stress one aspect of the “youth mental health crisis” is the pressure they feel to be perfect and successful so they can get into choice colleges.