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.
This post was updated Aug. 7 at 4:40 p.m. A postdoctoral fellow left UCLA following multiple accusations of sexual harassment on Twitter. Starting in early June, several Twitter users accused Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, of sexual harassment, stating that he sent private messages harassing them, invited underage people for drinks and sent minors unsolicited inappropriate photos. Read more...
Photo: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, a postdoctoral fellow at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, left UCLA following multiple accusations of sexual harassment on Twitter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated to include a clarified maximum potential sentence Aug. 3 at 8:02 p.m. Five former patients filed 17 additional charges of felony sexual misconduct against former UCLA doctor James Heaps at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday morning. Prior to the new charges, Heaps faced criminal charges from two former patients for two counts of sexual battery and one count of sexual exploitation by a physician. Heaps was a UCLA Health obstetrician-gynecologist from February 2014 to June 2018 and previously worked part-time at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. Read more...
Photo: After 17 additional felony sex crime charges were filed Monday morning, UCLA Health doctor James Heaps is now accused of 20 felony counts of sexual misconduct. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
Associated Students UCLA received a $4.7 million loan from the federal government, but still faces millions of dollars in lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ASUCLA executives said. Read more...
Photo: ASUCLA is under financial pressure despite loans received under the Paycheck Protection Program from the federal government. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus Cuts, a barbershop on campus, will close after 20 years of business in Ackerman Union. UCLA’s lease with Campus Cuts expired March 31 and was not renewed, said Michelle Moyer, the director of business affairs and compliance for Associated Students UCLA, in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: UCLA cut the campus barbershop Campus Cuts after 20 years of business in Ackerman Union.(Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA gave some financial aid recipients a default housing status without notice, which could decrease their financial aid award by up to $9,055. The Financial Aid and Scholarships office gave some students commuter/remote learning status if it could not verify their housing status, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an email statement. Read more...
Photo: UCLA made a change to some students’ financial aid housing statuses, which could decrease their financial aid awards. (Daily Bruin file photo)
