You know it’s zero week when the Enormous Activities Fair is in full swing and students are walking around with bunches of flyers in their hands. Read more...
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September 20, 12:06 pm
Editorial Cartoon: How to not look like freshmen
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September 19, 4:35 am
Administrative bloat, budget mismanagement explain UC’s falling global rankings
The top public university in the nation. For the first time, UCLA can claim that title unilaterally. But the real question is: For how much longer? Read more...
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September 19, 4:33 am
Want to Fund the UC? Start by focusing on administrative bloat
For Fund the UC’s supporters, the proposition that California should increase state aid to higher education seems wholly self-evident. But it appears that an increasingly large segment of the state’s political class is willing to do just the reverse. Read more...
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September 19, 4:18 am
UCLA severs access to learning platform, compromizing students’ employability
Harder, faster, better, stronger. Those aren’t just the lyrics to a catchy song. For thousands of UCLA students these words are a daunting reality as the job market forces them to know more, perform better and adapt faster. Read more...
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September 17, 12:31 am
Keshav Tadimeti: Equity and diversity a necessary consideration for UC’s hiring policies
No criminal has ever lived like the person who founded the idea of “diversity and inclusion.” Oh, and same thing with the person who came up with the word “equity.” That’s the message you walked away with if you made it through Heather Mac Donald’s op-ed published earlier this month in the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
Photo: Diversity and inclusion aren’t just empty talking points. Neglecting them perpetuates discriminatory practices, like the racist incidents that have plagued UCLA (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 9, 9:47 pm
Clea Wurster: Decentralization of funding could improve America’s research infrastructure
Bruins have a lot of material for bragging rights. And a big one: Our professors might be spending their days researching cures for cancer. It isn’t just that we get to interact with experts – we also get to conduct research alongside them, adding countless bullet points to our resumes. Read more...
Photo: The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI is an independent research institute in Germany. Research in Germany takes a more decentralized approach that encourages the creation of more diverse research institutions to conduct studies. (Public Domain photo by Müller)