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Former social worker has overseen a 14-year period of dramatic growth over half of the university's existence

California State University was rocked by sexual misconduct scandals. Its most powerful leaders — the Board of Trustees — were not held accountable.

Auditors found problems with how California State University handles sexual harassment complaints and investigations, including not tracking repeat offenders.

Auditors found problems with how California State University handles sexual harassment complaints and investigations, including not tracking repeat offenders.

President Lynnette Zelezny — who made history as the first woman to lead California State University, Bakersfield — announced Monday that she will retire Dec. 31, capping a five-and-a-half-year era

The UC Board of Regents gave UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500,000 raise to prevent him from accepting the presidency of another school.

An estimated 8 percent to 12 percent of CSU’s then-460,000 students were homeless, and that 21 percent to 24 percent were “food insecure.”

The proposal to require a fourth year of math, first proposed in 2016, was widely opposed by education advocates.

When he led the system’s Fresno campus, Joseph I. Castro failed to rigorously address complaints that a top official was bullying, sexually harassing, and retaliating against employees, a report says.

The review comes amid an ongoing Times investigation into breakdowns in CSU's handling of reports of sexual misconduct, workplace bullying and retaliation.