UC has a plan to make it easier for community college students to transfer. Critics say it’s still not enough

The UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2022. (Raquel Natalicchio, CalMatter)

The University of California has proposed a new pathway for community college students across the state — one that guarantees admission into one of UC’s nine campuses for those who qualify. But the plan has been met with mixed reactions from lawmakers, with some worried it doesn’t go far enough to simplify the process for students hoping to transfer to a four-year school.

The proposal, introduced earlier this week at the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom in January called on UCLA either to

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