UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute launched its Latino Data Hub in October, which provides data on demographic factors that might contribute to inequality in Latino communities in the United States. Read more...
Photo: The Public Affairs Building is pictured. UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute launched its Latino Data Hub, which includes information on more than 80 indicators, in the fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 9:46 p.m. UCLA experts discussed congressional Republicans’ plans for education reform and their implications for higher education. The United States House Education Committee accepted education funding bills in November that are supported by Republicans in the House of Representatives, but the House postponed votes on the bills to a future date. Read more...
Photo: The United States Capitol is pictured. House Republicans have proposed legislation making changes to higher education. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced an investigation Monday into antisemitic and Islamophobic activities on UCLA’s campus. The investigation is part of a broader Title VI inquiry announced by U.S. Read more...
Photo: Students walking outside Kerckhoff Hall on Sycamore Alley are pictured. UCLA was added Monday to a broader Title VI inquiry, announced by the U.S. Department of Education, investigating universities and K-12 schools for discrimination based on “shared ancestry.” (Daily Bruin file photo)
U.S. News & World Report listed UCLA’s student-faculty ratio at 19-1, a ratio far higher than some private universities in California. The September report found that although UCLA is in a similar range to other UC campuses, it still differs significantly in comparison to other top-ranked universities such as the University of Southern California and Stanford, which have student-faculty ratios of 9-1 and 6-1, respectively. Read more...
This post was updated Dec. 3 at 10:24 p.m. The labor studies department launched a new residency program for labor movement leaders this fall. The Labor Movement Fellows Program brings leaders and organizers from labor movements across the country to conduct research and lead guest lectures at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment is pictured. The labor studies department introduced the Labor Movement Fellows Program this quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 3 at 10:11 p.m. The UC Board of Regents failed to meet a self-imposed deadline Thursday to announce a potential pathway that would allow thousands of undocumented students to apply for on-campus jobs. Read more...
Photo: Supporters of the Opportunity for All campaign rally outside of Powell Library in November. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
Dozens of students demonstrated in support of Palestine and called for divestment from companies involved with weapons manufacturing outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center and Murphy Hall on Thursday. The assembly began at 8:15 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Students with the UC Divest Coalition and UCLA chapter of Law Students for a Free Palestine are shown gathered at the steps of Murphy Hall to call for support of Palestine and UC divestment from BlackRock. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
