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Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson is a reporting fellow for CalMatters. Her coverage focuses on the Title IX system and how policies inform the experiences of sexual assault survivors. She is the data and investigations editor for the student-run publication Mustang News, where she also reports on gender-based violence. In high school, she led a club centered on consent education and current events pertaining to the state of sexual violence. A junior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, she studies journalism and political science. She grew up moving across the world and has lived in San Francisco for the past decade.

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San Diego Sheriff's deputies and University of California campus officers stand guard at a pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Higher Education
Hundreds arrested and suspended: How California colleges are disciplining faculty and students over protests
Students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities throughout California are facing a range of consequences from arrests to suspensions and bans from campus. Meanwhile, students and faculty have also had to endure campus closures, canceled events, and classes moving online. What are the academic and legal costs of civil disobedience for California’s college protesters?
By , , , , , , , , and • May 24, 2024
Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
CalMatters en Español
El salario de los rectores de Cal State ha crecido casi el doble que el de los profesores
Read this story in English. En su primer año como rectora del sistema de la Universidad Estatal de California, Mildred García ganará poco menos de $1 millón en compensación total para liderar el sistema de educación superior más grande del país.  “Eso es más del triple de la compensación del gobernador Gavin Newsom”. También es […]
By and • December 1, 2023
Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
College Beat
Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers
Mildred García, the new Cal State chancellor, is earning a total compensation of nearly $1 million. Meanwhile, university president pay has increased at a greater rate than that of faculty, who are preparing to strike in early December, and the system is raising tuition. Yet, Cal State execs still say their pay lags behind the national average.
By and • December 1, 2023