Education

The University of California has received more than 250,000 applications for the fall 2024 semester, a 1.5 percent year-over-year increase driven by an increase in applications from transfer students and California residents. Forty-seven percent of the first-year applicants were from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in higher education, a …

An Inland medical school has received provisional accreditation from an organization that evaluates medical schools in the United States. The medical school at the California University of Science and Medicine in Colton received the stamp of approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which is recognized by the U.S. …

Members of the union that represents California State University teachers have approved a contract that will raise their pay by 10 percent within the next six months. The agreement, which 76 percent of the association’s membership voted to accept, is expected to be ratified by Cal State’s board of trustees next …

UC Riverside has received a $1 million grant that it will use to help address California’s teacher shortage, and the state’s need to diversify the teachers it does have. The donation, from the Inland Empire Regional K-16 Education, will also help pay for a program that studies poor academic performance among …

Chaffey College’s accreditation has been extended for seven years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school’s administrators, faculty and staff spent two years securing the extension, which is based on “student learning, long-range planning for facilities and technology and interaction between faculty and students in distance education,” …

UC Riverside had an enrollment of 26,426 students during the 2023 fall semester, a 10-year increase of more than 5,000 students, according to a statement. The number of California freshmen enrolled last fall – 5,209 – was the second-highest in UC Riverside’s history and only 10 students fewer than the campus record …