This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their newsletters. Brian Arroyo decided to take a chance on UC Merced — a campus struggling to attract students to its remote location. The Whittier native was admitted as a freshman in 2022. He had planned to stay close to home, so UC Merced’s location […]
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Michael covers higher education, including California’s community colleges and the University of California. Since joining EdSource in 2019, he has covered major stories including the steep enrollment declines at community colleges; the elimination of standardized tests in university admissions; efforts to improve California’s community college transfer system; and more. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2018, where he studied journalism and political science. He lives in Los Angeles.