The union that represents lecturers at UCLA is calling on University of California President Michael Drake to continue contract negotiations to increase job stability for lecturers. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of protesters demanded greater job security for lecturers at the University of California in front of UC Regent George Kieffer’s Brentwood home Monday. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Newly appointed Student Regent Alexis Zaragoza said she will advocate for equity for underrepresented demographics in the University of California system. Zaragoza, a rising fifth-year geography student from UC Berkeley, will serve from 2021 to 2022. Read more...
Photo: Alexis Zaragoza, the 2021-2022 UC student regent, said she will advocate for equity for underrepresented students and staff in the UC. (Medha Vallurupalli/Daily Bruin)
UCLA is considering terminating two scholarships offered by a Confederacy heritage group. The United Daughters of the Confederacy’s California Division currently offers two scholarships to students at the University of California who are descendants of either a Confederacy veteran or a Confederacy veteran’s sibling: the Lulie C. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is in discussion with the University of California to end two scholarships offered by a Confederate heritage group. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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.
The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the UC, met for their July bi-monthly meeting via teleconference from Tuesday to Thursday. The board discussed university policing, the Thirty Meter Telescope and student and faculty diversity. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents discussed the Thirty Meter Telescope, student and faculty diversity and campus safety via teleconference at their July meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Incoming international students taking only online courses will not be able to enter the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday that students who enroll in a U.S. Read more...
Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday that incoming international students on an F or M visa who are taking an online-only course load in the fall will not be allowed to enter the U.S. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated July 14 at 4:56 p.m. The federal government rescinded a policy Tuesday that would have forced international students taking only online classes to leave the United States. Read more...
Photo: The federal government agreed to rescind a new policy from the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during a lawsuit proceeding from Harvard University and MIT.
