Dive Brief:

• The head of the California State University system wants to help students graduate quickly by hiring more faculty and advisers and increasing online courses.
• In the next 10 years, the schools plan to spend $50 million to increase graduation rates by 10% for undergraduates and 5% for community college transfers.
• The long list of goals includes hiring more tenure-track faculty, appointing more advisers, increasing internship opportunities, and gathering more information about which programs really work.

Dive Insight:

The first question, as always, has to be where the money will come from. Chancellor Timothy P. White says funding would come from the state, along with philanthropic and corporate interests. The Cal State budget includes a $140 million increase for 2014-15, though that's less than the schools had hoped for and the system is burdened with $500 million in urgent campus repair needs.