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    Mildred García, champion of college access, is named California State University chancellor amid system crisis

    LOS ANGELES — Mildred García, a longtime higher education leader who previously served as president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton, was named chancellor of the California State University system on Wednesday, trustees announced, stepping into the top position at a fraught time for the nation's largest public four-year university system. García, 71, who is currently ...
    by Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 2023 5 minutes
    A California State University Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach, California, on July 11, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Mildred García, a longtime higher education leader who previously served as president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton, was named chancellor of the California State University system on Wednesday, trustees announced, stepping into the top position at a fraught time for the nation's largest public four-year university system.

    García, 71, who is currently president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will become the 11th chancellor and first Latina to lead the 23-campus system. She is Cal State Fullerton's four-year graduation rate by 65% and won recognition from a host of state and national education groups for closing the achievement gaps between Latinos and their white and Asian peers. Earlier in her career, García served as president of Berkeley College, a for-profit college with multiple campuses in New

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