The $144 million loan will be used to pay for 3% one-time bonuses for Cal State faculty and staff, including executives.

Changes are underway one year after scathing audits showed how the California State University system failed to handle reports of sexual discrimination, harassment and assault in its Title IX offices.

The way the California State University system presents graduation rates obscures how the system is failing its Black students.

The Cal State system says current plans to expand Cal Grants would leave out more middle class students at San Jose State and other CSUs in the future, even though there would be a net gain of eligible students overall. Supporters of the expansion say Cal State officials are telling the whole story.