Dive Brief:
- The new president of California State University, Los Angeles is trying to push his campus into the spotlight.
- William Covino is partnering with businesses to create volunteer positions that students can turn into college credit and is talking to Billie Jean King about building a tennis center at the school.
- Though Covino has only been on the job four months, he's being helped by some positive trends: Four-year graduation rates for transfer students have improved, for example.
Dive Insight:
While there seems to be enthusiasm for Covino's plans in Los Angeles, his past job as provost at Fresno State University was not a "complete honeymoon" according to one English professor there. Still, that professor told the Los Angeles Times, Covino is "a very smart and clever man."