By Dharshani Dharmawardena Daily Bruin Senior Staff Seeing that 70 percent of children fell below proficient levels of reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, President Clinton proposed the America Reads Challenge in 1994. Read more...

By David Drucker Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA’s employment of long-term casual workers has come under fire this year by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union. Read more...

By Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Anderson School at UCLA is attracting more diverse applicants, but it still seems less appealing to women. Students entering the Masters in Business Administration program this fall were up against the second-highest applicant pool in the school’s history. Read more...

By Todd Belie Daily Bruin Contributor California Assemblywomen Gloria Romero and Sally Havice came to campus July 7 to examine the working conditions of casual employees at UCLA at the request of organizers from two unions representing university employees. Read more...

By Melody Wang Daily Bruin Contributor Sounds of chain saws and bulldozers echo through campus as summer school students attempt to pursue their studies. Construction of a new building near Knudsen Hall and replacement of the concrete walkway near Bunche Hall and the Public Policy Building began on June 26. Read more...

By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Senior Staff Gov. Gray Davis signed next year’s $99.4 billion budget June 30, with education at the top of the list of the biggest expenditures ““ totalling nearly half of the entire budget. Read more...