Editor’s note: This submission is an edited version of an open letter to the University. More than 270 members of UCLA faculty signed this submission. Please see the original letter to view the complete list of signatories. Read more...
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April 14, 5:28 pm
Op-ed: UCLA’s Center for Accessible Education needs more funding to operate efficiently
This post was updated April 14 at 8:22 p.m. UCLA’s Center for Accessible Education is an organization composed of 37 total positions, four of which are vacant for the 2023-2024 academic year. Read more...
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April 11, 10:08 pm
Op-ed: Latinx dental providers are paving the way to equitable health care access
The United States is experiencing the catastrophic consequences of a health care system that promotes profit over long-term patient well-being. The dental industry poses structural inequity for all Americans, particularly for working-class, elderly and minority communities. Read more...
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April 7, 4:52 pm
Op-ed: Carbon footprint must be considered by UC admissions to combat climate change
This post was updated April 7 at 9:11 p.m. June 2023 was Earth’s hottest June on record, followed by all the remaining months of the year being the hottest months on record. Read more...
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April 2, 10:22 pm
Op-ed: Antisemitic imagery at UC Regents meeting protest threatens campus discourse
Since Oct. 7, our campus – like so many across the country – has been the site of intense and often tense discourse and action. The divide between those who support the cause of Palestinian liberation and those who support Israel’s right to exist has deepened more than at any point in my 32 years at UCLA, creating a seemingly unbridgeable gulf between the two sides. Read more...
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March 19, 8:25 pm
Op-ed: UC Regents should vote ‘no’ on policy that threatens academic freedom
We, UCLA Faculty for Justice in Palestine, write to express our concern over a critical agenda item of the upcoming UC Regents Meeting – which will be held March 20 to 21 – at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center. Read more...
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February 21, 10:22 pm
Op-ed: As the daughter of a deportee, I stand with undocumented students
The United States’ immigration policies, which once granted citizenship to free white persons as stated in the 1790 Naturalization Act, now disproportionately exclude undocumented people of color from equal access to employment through the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Read more...