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Latest News Op-Ed: Trump’s attack on UCLA is a threat to every public university in the nation

On August 24, 2025, The Sacramento Bee published this Op-Ed from Mel Levine, chair of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: ...
Latest News Letters to the Editor: Federal funding cuts threaten California students’ educational opportunities

On April 23, 2025, The Sacramento Bee published this Letter to the Editor from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California ...
Latest News Op-Ed: UC and CSU funding essential to California’s economic future

On April 16, 2025, Capitol Weekly published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public ...
Events Coalition Event Discussing the Future of Public Higher Education

JOIN THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A PROVOCATIVE DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN ...
Latest News Op-Ed: Ongoing University of California Strike Hurts Both Students and the Picketing Workers

On December 2, 2022, CalMatters published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public ...
Statements CCPHE’s Statement On Governor Newsom’s Rejection of SB1364 and SB410

The California Coalition for Public Higher Education thanks Gov. Gavin Newsom for supporting California public higher education by ...
Latest News Op-Ed: Legislation to Divert Funds Would Hurt CSU

On September 15, 2022, Capitol Weekly published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for ...
Latest News Op-Ed: Measure That Would Limit UC Vendors is Misguided

On September 14, 2022, CalMatters published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public ...
Blog CCPHE’s Statement On Governor Newsom’s Signed Budget for 2022-23

The California Coalition for Public Higher Education (CCPHE) thanks Gov. Gavin Newsom and the State Legislature for providing the highest ...
Blog Op-Ed: College Students Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Housing

On May 4, 2022, CalMatters published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public ...