If you don’t already think Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos crossed the line, here’s news: She’s coming after students with disabilities, too. DeVos proposed cutting millions of dollars of funding last week from the 2020 education budget. Read more...
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Here at UCLA, you’re a part of one big family – that is, unless you also belong to a labor union. Union strikes have become a regular occurrence on campus. Read more...
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The age-old debate is back: three dead sprints to the finish or two long endurance runs? Chancellor Gene Block, in a surprisingly casual comment during a meeting winter quarter with the the Bruin’s editorial board, indicated he supports removing the quarter system and replacing it with semesters. Read more...
It was a crisp fall evening, a month into my third year at UCLA. I was tenaciously studying away in my favorite lounge on campus when an old peer named Brice approached me. Read more...
In the wake of rich, white kids being able to buy their way into college and faculty growing increasingly concerned about the lack of diversity in their leadership, it’s easy to turn to UCLA’s designated solution-maker: the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Read more...
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Scandal, fraud, privilege and wealth. One thing ties all these together: college admissions. Oh, and also a couple of kids from Stanford with money to spare on a lawsuit. Read more...
Photo: Several Stanford students are suing UCLA and other universities caught up in the admissions scandal. The lawsuit, though, is just another sign of what privilege can buy. (Creative Commons photo by Jawed Karim)
Twenty-three percent of female and 5.4 % of male college students have experienced violent sexual assault while in college. More than 4 % of all college students have experienced stalking while working on their degree. Read more...
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