Ashley A. Smith
Ed Source ReporterAshley A. Smith covers higher education and other student success reforms for EdSource. She joined the publication in July 2019 after covering community colleges, for-profit schools and non-traditional students for Inside Higher Ed, in Washington D.C. Her work has appeared in the Fort Myers News-Press, the Marshfield News-Herald, The Flint Journal, USA Today and the Detroit Free Press. Ashley grew up in Detroit and is a 2008 graduate of Michigan State University. In 2020, Ashley was selected to join the first class of journalists in the ECMC Foundation Higher Education Media Fellowship at the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, to report on career and technical education.
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The end of the pandemic pause means student borrowers as of Oct. 1 resumed loan payments. Here's a guide for anyone who owes college debt or who is looking to borrow money for college. -
California’s high cost of living may influence upcoming contract talks. -
Decrease largely due to record losses in transfers from community colleges. -
UC and CSU double down on offering comprehensive reproductive health education. -
New study concludes that the nation’s largest university system underpays non-faculty staff -
CSU makes public new harassment and abuse cases involving managers at six campuses in California in response to an EdSource records request. -
After saying they had been left in the dark, CSU trustees launch investigations stemming from former Chancellor Joseph Castro's mishandling of sexual harassment complaints at Fresno State. -
California State University Chancellor Joseph I. Castro said he welcomes an independent investigation into allegations that he mishandled sexual harassment allegations while president of Fresno State University. -
Trustees indicate they'll remove standardized tests as admission requirements at March meeting.
