Californians for Public Higher Education is a non-profit conducting educational and informational programs to increase public awareness and support for the critical role played by the University of California, California State University System and our community colleges as predominant drivers of the state’s economy and quality of life.
On December 2, 2022, CalMatters published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: United Auto Workers, the labor union negotiating for striking workers at the University of California’s 10 campuses, claims it is “fighting for a UC that works for its students and its workers.” But some of […]
The California Coalition for Public Higher Education thanks Gov. Gavin Newsom for supporting California public higher education by rejecting SB 1364 and SB 410. SB 1364 would have hurt small businesses that contract with the University of California. SB 410 was an unfunded mandate that would have cost California State University more than $850 million […]