“The most common fear students have when they start at Calbright is that they think: ‘it’s an online college, so they’re just going to throw me into the internet and I’ll be all by myself,’” says Alejandro Clark, a Calbright Academic Tutor. “So they’re really surprised when they realize: it’s online, but it’s actually much […]
If you choose any two Californians at random, there’s a 70% chance that they will be from different ethnic or racial backgrounds. According to the new census data, that makes California the second most diverse state in America, behind Hawaii. In fact, California is now one of five states or territories where white people do […]
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“To support workforce needs and the economic success of residents, California invests heavily in access to education beyond high school … By understanding how best to target these investments, California can build training programs that offer the greatest benefit to workers and employers.” That’s the beginning of a new report from the Public Policy Institute […]
Each year, Calbright sends a report to the State of California detailing the milestones the College reached that year as we grow and move forward. The report for 2021 has been submitted, and as it has been each year since our founding, we are happy to report: Calbright is ahead of schedule. As part of […]
Can getting a non-degree credential from a college enhance your career prospects? New research shows the answer is absolutely yes. Along with “online learning,” perhaps the most significant change to modern education is the rise of non-degree credentials. A new report from the Strada Education Network shows that while non-degree credentials (excluding professional licensure) used […]
What’s in a name? If it’s your name, maybe a lot. A Calbright staff member saw that a transgender student was having a problem: their legal (dead) name was different from their chosen name. That meant the information in Calbright’s student records was misinforming staff and the student’s dead name would be used occasionally by […]
My name’s Michael Peden, and I’m a Calbright student enrolled in the IT program. I’m new to the Los Angeles area, and have been trying to get into a new career. I have a customer service background and even though I’m good at it, I was kind of over it. I wanted something different, so […]
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My name is David Randall, and I want to tell you what a positive experience Calbright has been for me. I enrolled because it was free, but over the past year of my life Calbright has done more for me than I ever thought possible. I had been on the job market for quite a […]
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Here’s a paradox we try to reconcile every day: at Calbright, we give working Californians the skills they need to get out of “low-skilled” jobs and into new jobs where they can thrive in the 21st century economy. But we also don’t really believe there’s such a thing as “low-skilled” workers. Which is why we […]
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Calbright is not only California’s only all-online community college, it’s the only entirely competency based community college. That is a unique approach to higher education, built to serve working adults. Calbright President Ajita Talwalker Menon discusses what this means with CCC Chancellor Eloy Oakley in this new podcast!
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