Education

Cal Poly Pomona received applications from more than 57,000 potential first-year and transfer students for the 2019-’20 academic year, the most the school has ever received. The school welcomed nearly 28,000 students – including 7,200 new students – to its eight colleges, according to a statement. “Students are attracted by …

An estimated 1,300 students began moving into residence halls and apartments Sunday, with first-year students landing in Coyote Village and returning students setting up in Serrano, Arrowhead and University villages, according to a statement. The latter is an apartment-style complex on Northpark Boulevard. Sunday included activities for students and volunteers, …

Mt. San Jacinto College dignitaries met with Temecula officials on Friday to mark the Temecula Transformation Celebration event, which formally began work on the new Temecula Valley campus. Temecula Mayor Mike Naggar praised the school’s board of trustees and its other leaders for bringing higher education to the region, according …

UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility, according to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. The magazine’s social mobility ranking measures the number of students receiving Pell Grants and how many of those people graduated, the magazine stated. Pell Grants …

Washington Monthly has ranked Cal State San Bernardino in the top 10 for the categories “Best Bang for the Buck” in the western United States and for national universities with master’s programs. The university ranked eighth among Western colleges and universities that help non-wealthy students obtain affordable degrees that help …

Riverside City College has received a $306,000 grant that it will use to help prevent suicides. The three-year grant from the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, one of four handed out recently, will go to RCC’s health and psychological services department, according to a statement.  Nineteen other schools received similar …