Despite some initial worries about enrollment problems, UCLA’s first student-led seminars by and large went off without a hitch. The seminars are the result of the new Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program, in which student facilitators teach one-unit seminars on a topic of their choice. Read more...

After a successful Sudan divestment campaign at the University of California, members of the UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce plan to head to Sacramento tonight to begin their next campaign, this time working alongside influential California politicians. Read more...

Murder and rape are pretty heinous crimes, but according to the U.S. Congress, felony drug possession is the absolute worst of the worst. At least, that’s the message we can glean from a provision in the Higher Education Act, which bars students who have been convicted of possessing or selling drugs from receiving federal financial aid or student loans. Read more...

Costing California taxpayers an estimated $1.4 billion annually, providing medical care for undocumented immigrants in California has become a key issue in the debate over immigration reform. Read more...

It was the first day of instruction Monday and Jenny Galvez was preparing to help organize a nationwide “day of action” about the immigration reform bills in Congress, in addition to preparing for all her new classes. Read more...

Amid the current national controversy surrounding illegal immigration to the United States, the University of California is facing a lawsuit over fees paid by undocumented students for higher education. Read more...

The U.S. Department of Education has recently been hit by a series of lawsuits from groups seeking to repeal a policy that prevents college students who have been convicted of drug offenses from receiving federal financial aid. Read more...