Can’t get into the University of California or California State University? More than 50 of them came to Pasadena on Tuesday to deliver their best elevator pitches to more than 120 local high school counselors, college admissions consultants and community organizations. With a mother lode of more than 430,000 high school graduates annually, California is the nation’s richest source of prospective college students. The Houston representative touted the university’s top research enterprise, broad diversity and its 800 California students, the largest out-of-state contingent. Later, several high school counselors said they appreciated learning about the varied opportunities — but getting their students to leave California isn’t easy.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2020 13:02 UTC