Education

Community colleges across San Diego County, some of which already were struggling financially, have spent millions of dollars in unanticipated costs since COVID-19 abruptly closed campuses. Read More »

San Diego County has more than 7,000 hospital beds, and half are typically occupied. County healthcare models project local hospitals could run out of beds by mid-April. Read More »

Palomar College now is one of two community college districts in California to be assigned a fiscal monitor. Read More »

Palomar College President Joi Lin Blake, who’s been on paid leave since December for unknown reasons, has agreed to quit and will walk away with more than $600,000 in pay and severance. The resignation agreement, finalized Wednesday when Blake’s attorney signed it, allows her to continue on paid leave until she officially steps down on June 30. The college district’s ... Read More »

San Diego Christian College, long plagued by money problems, is on probation again after a regional accrediting agency found it “significantly out of compliance” with fiscal and administrative requirements. The WASC Senior College and University Commission warned of “an underlying instability in the basic financial management of the institution” and notified the private nonprofit college in Santee it has until ... Read More »

Palomar College moves ahead with $1 million presidential suite. Read More »

Palomar College is spending $1 million for a presidential suite. The group overseeing the school’s bond spending is reconsidering the project. Read More »

The $1 million suite will include an office for Palomar College's president, space for staffers, a conference room, restroom and break room. Read More »

The head of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nonprofit said he reached out to inewsource to protect the group’s “good name and reputation.” Read More »

It’s been two months since inewsource reported the San Ysidro School District was trying to recoup the money. Read More »