Gender inequality still exists in higher education, though not in the way many might expect. Women now represent more of the U.S. undergraduate population than men, according to a report released by the National Center for Education Statistics. Read more...

Willie Davis Frazier sat behind the visitor’s glass at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles nearly a year and a half ago; his white shirt was stained with blood and he rubbed his hand across his forehead and kept saying he didn’t belong in jail. Read more...

A bipartisan group of senators and house representatives, most notably Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., have unveiled a proposal to increase federal student aid by overhauling the way in which student loans are distributed. Read more...

Carrie Bruhl was there almost two years ago when U.S. troops entered Iraq. The UCLA alumna was there because she was flying an Apache Longbow helicopter into combat. Read more...

A special election that could restructure the undergraduate student government may be held as early as third week of spring quarter after 4,000 signatures in support of the amendment were presented to the council and the election board Tuesday night. Read more...

It is not every student who has monitored the medical conditions of U.S. base camps in Afghanistan. But that is precisely what Juliet Kirkpatrick, a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, did. Read more...

For the past few years, I noticed the “degree expected term” button on the URSA Web site main page. I knew what it was for, but I never bothered to click it, perhaps because it would just signal another step toward my impending graduation, but also because like most college students, I assumed someone would tell me when I needed to do it. Read more...