Eighty years ago, the SAT was designed to standardize the college admissions process. But since then, the SAT has become an obstacle and its present-day value must be questioned. Read more...

Schools beef up security Nine school district campuses in areas with high crime rates are getting additional armed guards as part of a ramped-up Safe Schools Plan coordinating the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Read more...

Goodbye, Johnnie Cochran. If the name rings a bell, it probably calls to memory the show trial lawyer who successfully defended former running back O.J. Simpson against murder charges. Read more...

The University of California has managed Los Alamos National Laboratories for 60 years, and should fight to retain its leadership position despite competition from Lockheed Martin and the University of Texas. Read more...

Cutting-edge research methods, an interdisciplinary faculty staff and a desire to create and use a rich database of information on the lives of working families have fused in the shape of the UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families. Read more...

With two-and-a-half years of observation behind them, researchers at UCLA are deep into a study on the everyday lives of middle-class families in the United States. Read more...

Though it may be one of the more common questions college students are first asked, the question of what they will do after graduation is also probably one of the most terrifying. Read more...