Press Releases

Sacramento, Calif. – California Community Colleges Board President Tom Epstein issued the following statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointment of two new members to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors:

“I am delighted to welcome Joseph Williams and Iulia Tarasova to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. They both bring outstanding experience and a commitment to community college students that will add great value to our board. I look forward to...

Sacramento, Calif. – Three representatives from the California Community Colleges were selected this week to serve on the California Higher Education Recovery with Equity Taskforce organized by Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council for Post-Secondary Education. Comprised of 19 total state and national higher education equity experts leading the way, the Taskforce will set out to establish a roadmap and recommendations to best support California’s leaders in education as they navigate...

Sacramento, Calif. – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors today honored six professionals, ranging from a CalWORKS student advisor at Santa Rosa Junior College to a senior coordinator at Los Medanos College’s Center for Academic Support, as the 2020 California Community Colleges Classified Employees of the Year.

Sacramento, Calif. – California has a new community college.

Sacramento, Calif. – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors today unanimously endorsed a resolution urging voters to support Proposition 16, which would repeal Proposition 209, the 1996 measure that banned consideration of race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin in California public employment, education and contracting.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s decision to rescind a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on the California Attorney General’s lawsuit seeking to turn back a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive severely limiting the ability of international students to attend colleges:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on the selection of Michael V. Drake as the new University of California president:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on today’s budget agreement:  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling that continues Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):