Press Releases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley today congratulated the more than 142,000 students expected to earn a degree or certificate this academic year, pushing the college system toward a new record for the number of students earning credentials.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley released the following statement in support of the 2019-20 state budget compromise worked out by chief negotiators from the Assembly and Senate.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on the Senate approval of Senate Bill 291.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors on Tuesday announced its intention to extend its employment contract with state Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley by four years, citing his leadership in advancing reforms to improve student outcomes and close equity gaps within the 115-college system that serves 2.1 million students.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors today honored Angela Musial, Mary Valdemar and Trinidad Araya as the 2019 California Community Colleges Classified Employees of the Year.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office has released the Dreamer’s Project Report, a landscape analysis of the current state of support that community colleges provide for the estimated 50,000-70,000 undocumented students in California. A collaborative effort between the Chancellor’s Office, the Foundation for California Community Colleges and Immigrants Rising, the report reveals the most pressing needs for undocumented students are ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —  Dr. Daisy Gonzales, deputy chancellor of California Community Colleges, has been selected by the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program to join the 2019-20 class of the Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley issued the following statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointment of Kim Perigo to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley today announced that Marty J. Alvarado has joined the state Chancellor’s Office as executive vice chancellor for educational services and support.