Saturday, May 10

UCLA Prison Education Program brings college courses to incarcerated individuals

After being incarcerated as a juvenile, Abel Diaz didn’t see college as an option until he took classes through the UCLA Prison Education Program. “It kind of allowed us to escape from the predicament that we were in at the time. Read more...

Photo: Program coordinators and participants of the UCLA Prison Education Program come together in a classroom. The UCLA Prison Education Program gives incarcerated individuals access to postsecondary education. (Courtesy of Claudia Peña/Co-director of the UCLA Prison Education Program)


UCLA professor partners with Indigenous communities for archaeology research

Groggy eyed, Stephen Acabado stepped off his 5 a.m. bus into Ifugao after his flight from the United States. “Hi Doc, good morning,” a stranger told him, he said. Read more...

Photo: Professor of archaeology and anthropology Stephen Acabado runs two archaeological projects in the Philippines. Acabado, who has been returning to the Philippines for his research for more than a decade, guides the projects to work with local Indigenous communities to study artifacts and piece together history. (Courtesy of Stephen Acabado)




Transfer students vocalize frustration with slow process of transferring credits

Many transfer students consistently face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites. Transfer students at UCLA who have taken lower-division courses at other institutions of higher education have expressed frustration that these courses have not transferred over to MyUCLA, the enrollment system the university uses, said Herman Luis Chavez, the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative. Read more...

Photo: UCLA transfer students often face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites fulfilled at other institutions of higher education. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)



UCLA study reveals challenges for student workers amid return to campus

Student workers will face new challenges when returning to campus and work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a student-led UCLA report found. Student researchers from the UCLA Labor Summer Research Program released a report Nov. Read more...

Photo: College students in Los Angeles County were interviewed for a report about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their working conditions. (Courtesy of Citlalli Chávez-Nava)



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