Erika Beck, the president of Cal State Channel Islands, who is credited with dramatically increasing graduation rates and raising achievement among Latino students, has been named president of Cal State Northridge. One of the system’s largest campuses, CSUN serves many low-income and first-generation college students as well as “Dreamers,” or undocumented students. The university must also contend with a significantly reduced budget in the face of state budget cuts. Beck said her departure from Channel Islands — whose student population of 7,000 is just a fraction of CSUN’s 39,000 — was “bittersweet,” but she said she was thrilled to join Northridge. The CSU Board of Trustees also on Thursday appointed Cathy Sandeen as head of its East Bay campus.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 29, 2020 19:49 UTC