A new study by UCLA faculty shows that national college graduation rates are declining and undergraduate students are taking longer to complete their degrees. Researchers from the Higher Education Research Institute compiled data from 262 colleges and universities across the country, finding that 36.4 percent of students who enrolled in fall 1994 graduated in four years. Read more...

The latest chapter in the possible switch to a semester system takes place today as the Academic Senate hosts a town hall meeting featuring speakers from universities that have made the switch. Read more...

A former co-director of the UCLA Drug Policy Analysis Program was convicted Monday of running one of the largest LSD laboratories in history ““ out of an old missile silo. Read more...

Ben Howland has agreed to become the next UCLA head basketball coach, according to several sources. Howland interviewed with UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero on Sunday, and will become the eighth head coach to take the reins of the UCLA program since legendary coach John Wooden retired in 1975. Read more...

The United States could not get U.N. support for the war on Iraq largely due to the opposition of European allies France and Germany. As a result, these two countries have been vilified by the United States. Read more...

A lawsuit brought to the Supreme Court regarding the usage of affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan once again sparked debate on the controversial subject. Read more...

UCLA’s College of Letters & Science has found a new leader to oversee the biggest academic division in the University of California system. Judith Smith, head of undergraduate programs, was appointed interim executive dean of the College. Read more...