Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has threatened to pay state employees the federal minimum wage, $6.55 an hour, until state legislatures can deliver a legislative solution to the state's $15.2 billion budget deficit. Read more...

The University of California continues to face significant struggles during the state's budget crisis. Read more...

"Working the best job I've ever had in my whole life, I'm still ... a breath away from drowning. I'm $20 away from being on the street. I am one car payment away from being repo'd. I'm barely surviving. I'm leading a substandard lifestyle because I make substandard wages." Read more...

There are a lot of tests required of college applicants in California. Besides whatever exams high school students across the state have to endure during school hours, UC applicants are required to take either the SAT or the ACT, as well as two SAT subject tests. Read more...

To hear some tell it, July has been a devastating month for America. Read more...

Each summer I move back home with my parents, and I come to a special sort of realization. Read more...

High gas prices, well above $4 a gallon in most parts of California as well as most parts of the country, have caused a new trend in higher education: online classes. Read more...