Chanting together, with signs held high, students and several professors gathered to protest an unprecedented 26 percent class cut approved by former superintendent Dr. Raj. K. Chopra. ...

It was raining in Sacramento when California college and university students marched to protest proposed budget cuts to higher education. They knew, however, that the real storm is yet to come. ...

Student athletes may be saying good-bye to grass stains but hello to knee strains as DeVore Stadium moves toward a more artificial option. ...

Those who thought Southwestern College was out of the accreditation frying pan are now finding themselves in the state budget fire as tuition for the 2011-12 academic year has been increased nearly 40 percent. Students may also find higher fees and a s...

Dr. Leon Lanzbom was a dedicated teacher to the very end. ...

An Irvine-area accounting firm hired by a former vice president to review college finances announced its finding of 'clean audits' covering the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, but members of the Southwestern College governing board were...

Rallies across the country spread like wildfire in opposition to Senate Bill 5, the Wisconsin legislation to take away the right of public employees to collectively bargain. ...

Two recent student surveys provided administration and student leaders with some feedback and perspective, not to mention some much-appreciated goodness. ...

As California community colleges prepare for the budget axe to fall, the SWC governing board, administration, faculty and students anxiously await news of the first major hurdle in determining whether cuts to the college's budget will be bad, terrible ...

Mission: Possible. ...

Women's rights advocates opposing a congressional bill to defund Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide healthcare to low income women rallied outside the Federal Courthouse. ...

Students hoping to graduate on time with summer classes caught a break. ...

Southwestern College has turned 50 and is celebrating the milestone with a new logo. ...

Jason's Coffee Cart has 'java' and 'cookies,' but the college's new website has even more. ...

Details surrounding the exit agreement between Nicholas Alioto, former vice president of business and financial affairs, and the district were released February. ...

Beginning the month of March, UC San Diego increased the Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) minimum GPA requirement from a 3.0 to a 3.5 for students planning to apply in the fall of 2012. Southwestern College's Superintendent President Denise Whittaker...

Former Web Technologist Elisandra Singh was awarded a $131,882 settlement from the college after being laid off in April 2009 due to a 'lack of work' only to be replaced by a consultant. Leaders with two of the college's unions said the settlement was ...

A missed deadline was narrowly averted in the college's accreditation effort that could have placed the institution on 'show cause,' the step before closure. ...

Recently departed Southwestern College Vice President Nick Alioto ordered Fiscal Services and other college departments to quickly spend millions of dollars rather than restoring 429 classes that were cut last year by Alioto and former superintendent D...

Southwestern College's previous administration and board may have been walloped by WASC, but the faculty came through the accreditation process with praise. ...