If a pending proposal is enacted, the University of California could soon have a new competitor in the market for bachelor’s degrees. The Baccalaureate Degree Study Group, a committee convened by the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, is examining the viability of giving community colleges the ability to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 24, 12:09 am
Kunal Patel: Community colleges should not give 4-year degrees
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 23, 12:23 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Devise new UC admissions criterion to improve student diversity
Increasing diversity in light of a state ban on the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions has, for the better part of two decades, proved a difficult task at the University of California. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 22, 12:07 am
Ryan Nelson: Regents should increase student input, transparency
In math class, we’re generally taught to show our work. You can’t simply skip from the problem to the solution. Otherwise, the teacher would never know if the student understood the problem, cheated or just took a lucky guess. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 21, 12:00 am
Maia Ferdman: Humanities majors’ post-grad fears are unwarranted
As a global studies student with an English minor, I shudder at my prospects after graduation. Friends, family and even people I’ve just met ask me how I am going to turn my degree into something useful – in other words, how I am going to make money. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 18, 12:00 am
Zoey Freedman: UC and worker union should come to compromise
Bitter contract negotiations between the University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 are pushing into their second year. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 17, 1:40 am
Ryan Nelson: USAC should encourage integration of financial literacy into curriculum
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports Commission hosted a financial literacy fair in Bruin Plaza on Tuesday, seeking to arm students with the real-world skills they need to navigate the world of bank loans, mortgages and retirement accounts they will encounter after college. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 17, 1:15 am
Katie Shepherd: Rhetoric used in protest against Proposition 209 misleading, unfair
When it comes to gauging diversity on UCLA’s campus, the numbers don’t lie. After the passage of Proposition 209, a 1996 law that made race-conscious admissions illegal at California public universities, the number of underrepresented students admitted dropped precipitously. Read more...