The University of California has introduced new personal statement prompts aimed at giving admissions officers a more complete view of applicants and their backgrounds, as opposed to simply their grades and test scores. Read more...

As Victor Pineda navigated the many obstacles to wheelchair users in the Westwood North Village on his way home from a doctor's appointment he shouted, "I'm trapped in the middle of the street." Read more...

Throughout the last academic year, the North Village was abuzz with student-led petitions and Facebook ads fighting the impending ban on apron parking. Read more...

Standing at the edge of the Santa Monica pier, about to jump, Patty Floyd was ready to end her life after hearing that she had stage three breast cancer. It was July 23, 1999. Read more...

When I was a kid, I had fanciful dreams of being a princess when I "grew up." Read more...

Oiyan Poon, who is pursuing a doctorate in education, said one of the pivotal moments in her own college education came during her junior year at Boston College, in a town hall meeting with the incoming university president. Read more...