San Francisco Public Press (https://www.sfpublicpress.org/the-evolution-of-californias-college-promise-as-told-through-4-students/)
Melissa Salcedo will attend UC Irvine this fall as a freshman. She comes from a large Mexican-American family. The youngest of her siblings, she’s the first in her family to attend UC. Experts say if current trends in tuition increases persist, UC will become the most expensive public higher education system in the country. Photo by Ana Tintocalis/KQED
By Ana Tintocalis, KQED News Fix/The California Report
Does higher education in California still unlock economic opportunities for young people? I explored that question by looking at the cost of a college degree through the lives of four students at very different points in California’s history.
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