New California
Thursday, 7/2, 03:26 PM
A California Program Tries to Open STEM Doctorates to Students Long Left Out
- Advanced science degrees remain among the least diverse corners of American higher education.
- A California initiative called Cal-Bridge is trying to change that — pairing Cal State and University of California campuses to guide first-generation and underrepresented students into doctoral programs — and lawmakers are moving to write it into state law.