Megan Tagami

Megan Tagami is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California.

Cyn Gomez is photographed outside their home in Berkeley on April 30, 2023.

UC disability services understaffed, students say

May 22, 2023 at 9:27 a.m.

The UC Student Association is calling for California to spend millions more on disability services at the university, as disabled students report long wait times to access the academic accommodations...

Marisa Silvestri listens to her student Oscar de la Torre during her Ethnic Studies Class at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles on March 28, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

California high schools are adding hundreds of ethnic studies classes. Are teachers prepared?

March 31, 2023 at 6:57 a.m.

California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic...

Sacramento State nursing student Amanda Clark fills a syringe with the COVID vaccine at Sacramento State's University Union building on Jan. 29, 2021.

Nursing school admission can be a long wait in California

March 1, 2023 at 11:17 a.m.

In CalMatters' new "Ask CJN" feature, student reporters with the CalMatters College Journalism Network answer readers' questions about college in California. This week: At a time when California desperately needs...

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