When former California Gov. Jerry Brown envisioned Calbright College barely five years ago, he saw California leading the country in virtual education by building an online-only community college that would target working adults seeking to improve their skills and move into better-paying jobs.
Today, just a year and a half since the embattled college opened its doors to students, Brown remains one of its chief defenders. He still sees the college as the public solution to predatory for-profit institutions that targeted adult and low-income workers in the state to pursue degrees and credentials, sometimes at the cost of excessive student loans.
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THE BUZZ: A Becerra brawl could be brewing on Capitol Hill.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
made the virtual Senate rounds on Wednesday as he tried out to become the next Health and Human Services secretary.
The reviews from his side of the aisle were unsurprisingly glowing. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called Becerra “the right pick to lead the fight” against coronavirus, as did Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.); Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) praised the Californian for having “the right priorities & experience”; and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lauded Becerra as part of a “deeply qualified and experie