Educational Nonprofit Sends Youth Participants to College with $4 Million in scholarship funds. The program, which serves 50 foster youth and low-income youth each year, guides these students in gaining access to post-secondary education with little to no student debt. ... read more »

The Los Angeles Community College District has reopened enrollment for its College Promise program -- which offers free tuition and guaranteed admission to first-time, full-time students – through Sept. 15 for the fall semester. ... read more »

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is moving forward with one of the single-largest bulk orders of laptop-style devices in the history of California’s community college education system to help meet the burgeoning technology needs of its students to complete lessons in remote learning platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... read more »

A second districtwide online open enrollment fair for the upcoming semester will be held today for the nine campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District.    The district, which held its first virtual enrollment fair on Aug. 12, is highlighting its flexible class schedules, guaranteed admission and affordability to would-be applicants.    First-time, full-time students may be eligible for two years of free tuition, plus a free Chromebook, under the district's L.A. College Promise Program. More information can be found at lacollegepromise.org. ... read more »

On July 8, 2020, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees signed the Clean Energy and Sustainability Resolution committing the community college district to eliminate carbon-based electricity consumption by 2030 and replace all other carbon-based energy use with clean, renewable energy sources by 2040. ... read more »

The head of the Los Angeles Community College District announced today that any of its classes that cannot be converted into an online learning platform when remote instruction begins next Monday will be temporarily postponed until at least May 4 amid the coronavirus crisis.  ... read more »

“The situation is very fluid and may change over the coming days. These measures do not address courses and services that do not lend themselves to an online or remote learning format. There are still many outstanding questions, which we will try to address in the coming days and report on as new developments arise. I am confident that we will all be able to work together to get through the challenging days ahead,” said Angela Echeverri, District Academic Senate President. ... read more »

This is the 21st year that the expo will be in town. ... read more »

Here are the top local stories of 2018 ... read more »

17th annual convention helps thousands of local, low-income students plan for college and maximize federal and state financial aid  The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, ... read more »

The new science building will offer an array of studies and house an observatory.  ... read more »

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees is an enigmatic local political animal ... read more »

Sydney Kamlager-Dove, president of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees and district director for California State Senator Holly J. Mitchell, today announced her candidacy for the state’s 54th Assembly District.  ... read more »

Newly designated “Tom Bradley Center for Student Life” honors the life and legacy of the former mayor ... read more »

The agreement will enable students attending the district’s nine community colleges access to guaranteed fall admission to LMU once they meet specific enrollment requirements.   ... read more »