Samuel Merritt University's $240M campus will bring 2,000 students to downtown Oakland

For the past 117 years, Samuel Merritt University has been one of California's largest educators of registered nurses. Now it ...
East Bay Times

A ‘re-unified’ Oakland City College? Merger raises questions, possibilities for cash-strapped district

OAKLAND — For decades, Laney College and Merritt College have built up distinct brands on opposite sides of town, offering their own slices of higher education but often vying for the same students — ...
East Bay Times

Oakland administrator chosen as Moreno Valley College president

A former Oakland community college president will lead Moreno Valley College. Rudy Besikof, previously the president of Laney College in Oakland, was appointed Tuesday, June 17, by the Riverside ...

Exclusive: Former Bay Area university campus to be converted into single family housing

Nearly three years after Holy Names University shut down amid declining enrollment and rising costs, the 60-acre campus in ...