Friday, May 9


Online learning could restrict students’ access to affordable textbooks

Textbook affordability advocates worry that the transition to online learning will limit access to course materials for low-income students. Many academic institutions have had to transition to at least partial remote instruction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Photo: Higher education’s transition toward remote instructions could undermine accessibility to course materials and textbook affordability, advocates said.


UCLA to decrease amount of in-person classes offered fall 2020, revising June plans

UCLA decreased the amount of in-person courses for fall quarter because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, according to an announcement by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter.  UCLA will now offer about 8% of courses in person or as a hybrid in the fall, which includes some lab, studio and clinical classes, according to the announcement. Read more...

Photo: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter announced a decrease in in-person courses for fall quarter. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA-led program gives young students the chance to see themselves in data

A faculty-led initiative aims to make social and community issues more accessible for K-12 students through a series of data presentations and research briefs. Researchers for Data for Democracy compile data about issues in Los Angeles neighborhoods, such as access to parks, immigration and housing, and present it in different charts and graphs to help K-12 students think critically about issues impacting their communities. Read more...

Photo: Data for Democracy, a faculty-led centennial initiative, aims to make social and community issues more accessible to K-12 students in the Los Angeles area through briefs and data representations. (Daily Bruin file photo)


California will sue Trump administration over changes to SEVP visa guidelines

The state of California will sue the federal government over new regulations that would force international students taking only online classes in the fall to leave the United States, according to a press release from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Thursday. Read more...

Photo: A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.