More than 500 law students, faculty and attorneys discussed how lawyers can use their skills to address civil rights issues at a conference this weekend. The University of California held its first Public Service Law Conference at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center from Saturday to Sunday. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano opened the conference with a keynote address Saturday. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
University of California President Janet Napolitano said Saturday that the UC will continue to support undocumented students in the University, and said the University should continue to host controversial speakers because she thinks hateful speech is protected under the First Amendment. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano discussed undocumented student support and free speech in an interview with the Daily Bruin and other media outlets Saturday. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s admission rate reached 16.1 percent this year, its lowest level ever. The university also admitted a higher percentage of out-of-state students than in-state students and increased the percentage of students it admitted from underrepresented minority groups. Read more...
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For first-generation UCLA student Aaron Lopez, talking to his family about college is a challenge. Lopez, a fourth-year English and gender studies student, said as the first person in his family to go to college, he often felt he had to navigate college alone without much family support. Read more...
Several students said that while they appreciate UCLA’s improvement in college rankings this year, they are skeptical of the rankings’ criteria. Times Higher Education recognized UCLA as the best public university in the nation earlier this month, while UCLA tied with UC Berkeley on Monday for the No.1 spot in the 2018 U.S. Read more...
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The governing board of the University of California met for the last day of its September meeting at UC San Diego on Thursday. The Board of Regents discussed the previous two days’ committee meetings and approved the actions committees voted on during Wednesday’s meeting. Read more...
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The governing board of the University of California met for the second day of its September meeting at UC San Diego on Wednesday. The Board of Regents discussed recent state audits of the UC, campus admissions verification procedures and the development of the UC’s next budget. Read more...
Photo: At the University of California Board of Regents’ bimonthly board meeting at UC San Diego on Wednesday, regents discussed campus admissions verification procedures and the UC’s upcoming budget, among other topics. (Daily Bruin file photo)
