Education

Norco College has been awarded a $2.7 million grant that it will use to improve the completion rates of it Hispanic students. The Project Paces grant, which will be spent during the next five years, comes from Title V of the 1998 Higher Education Act, which helps some colleges and …

Cal Baptist University welcomed 11,045 students for its fall semester, an all-time record for the school. That was an increase of 559 students  – 5.3 percent – compared to last year,  when 10,486 students signed up to take classes on the Riverside campus, President Ronald L. Ellis said in a …

About 500 high school students, most from San Bernardino County, are expected to attend the annual Manufacturing Day Expo at the Industrial Technical Learning Center in Fontana, scheduled to be held Friday. Students will meet with local manufacturers, view exhibits and participate in science, technology, engineering and math programs, according …

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 …