Friday, May 3

Students discuss concerns on some departments not yet allowing P/NP grading for credit

This post was updated May 27 at 4:15 p.m. UCLA announced that students may take more than one class pass/no pass for the spring quarter in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...

Photo: Students weigh in on the implications of certain departments in the College of Letters and Science not applying a pass/no pass grading policy to courses fulfilling major requirements. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA tells faculty to prepare for remote fall quarter, official plans unannounced

Faculty should expect large courses to be offered remotely for fall quarter, according to an announcement from a university official. While UCLA has not made an official announcement regarding fall plans, faculty should be prepared to transition the majority of classes online for fall quarter, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter in an open email to faculty. Read more...

Photo: Faculty should expect the majority of classes to be taught online, according to an announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter. However, UCLA has not made an official decision. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Napolitano recommends suspending SAT, ACT as admissions criteria until at least 2024

University of California president Janet Napolitano recommended that the UC suspend standardized testing as an admissions requirement until 2024, according to a proposal released Monday.  Napolitano recommended that the UC make the SAT and ACT test requirement optional for admissions through the 2022 admissions cycle and fully drop standardized tests from the admissions process through 2024.  Read more...

Photo: In a proposal released Monday, University of California president Janet Napolitano recommended that the UC suspend its use of the SAT and ACT in the admissions process through 2024. The UC Board of Regents will vote on the proposal May 21. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA to hold summer session C online, considering selective in-person instruction

Summer session C will now be held online because of COVID-19, university officials announced Monday. UCLA is also considering allowing some programs to offer in-person instruction, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter and Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Patricia Turner in an email to students. Read more...

Photo: Summer session C, which starts Aug. 3 and lasts until Sept. 11, will be held online. Plans for fall quarter have yet to be announced. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UC and UCLA leadership in discussion regarding fall quarter plans

This post was updated April 25 at 12:50 p.m. University of California officials have not decided whether to move fall quarter instruction online, as universities across the country begin to create fall contingency plans. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has already moved spring quarter and summer session A online. However, no decisions have been made about fall quarter yet. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)


Students learn to adapt to wins and woes of online laboratory classes

Christina Gallup was excited to learn common biological lab techniques during her introductory bioengineering lab course because her past lab courses had taught chemistry lab skills. Read more...

Photo: Following UCLA’s decisions to move instruction online, lab class students, lecturers and professors are now dealing with the impacts of having to do labs remotely. (Daily Bruin file photo)



1 24 25 26