Above: George Mason University academic program signage on the side of a building on the Fairfax campus, January 31, 2024.
California leads the nation in many areas of higher education, educating more than 458,000 state university students and 1.9 million community college students.
The state is also tackling issues that other public universities across the country are grappling with, such as increasing graduation rates, especially for underrepresented students. Make it easier for students to transfer from community college campuses to public universities. Leveraging the power of dual enrollment, as her two universities in Northern Virginia do.
This is an ongoing EdSource series about proven innovations in higher education related to issues facing California's higher education system.
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