Affirmative action’s days may be numbered due to an academic’s (pur)suit for the numbers. When UCLA School of Law professor Richard Sander filed his lawsuit against University of California two weeks ago, it was not to ban affirmative action. That – specifically, race-conscious admissions, the practice most often associated with affirmative action as a general […]
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The Quad: How national ambitions, international wars explain the UC’s history of prestige
This post was updated July 28 at 4:55 p.m. Students and faculty in Berkeley and Westwood have had a lot worth celebrating lately. The University of California celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding in March, with most of the events taking place at the inaugural Berkeley campus. Never one to miss out on a […]
Arthur Wang: Men’s basketball controversy sheds light on Chinese legal system
From Colin Kaepernick to the Ping-Pong diplomacy of the 1970s, which initiated the diplomatic thaw between China and the United States, politics and sport have always been entangled in both countries. Nobody could have anticipated, though, that the latest transnational athletics-related entanglement would involve three teenage UCLA basketball players, the inept American president, an outspoken […]
The Quad: College ranking systems, categorized and (somewhat) demystified
Fall is here, so that means it’s time for a deluge of college rankings to drop like the leaves never do in southern California. The most recent update to our oversaturated college rankings landscape is the 2018 iteration of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Global Universities” ranking, released Oct. 24. It’s not to be […]
The Quad: University endowments explained
UCLA’s newfound position as the U.S. News & World Report’s top public university – which it now shares with longtime #1 holder UC Berkeley – will give students something to celebrate. Administrators, though, are probably thinking about the ensuing financial windfall. The ability to plaster “NUMBER ONE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY” on campus materials, lampposts, websites and […]
Arthur Wang: UC should work with lawmakers to stop tuition hike
‘Tis the season – the season for catchy hey-ho hey-ho protest chants. After six years of tuition-frozen bliss, things are about to thaw at the University of California. A planned systemwide hike will go into effect for the 2017-2018 school year. Protests have already begun at UC San Diego and the Regents meeting at UC […]
The Quad: The eternal dominance of college sports, explained
There was a football game yesterday. It involved a team you probably care about. It did not go well. But why? No, I’m not asking why the Bruins lost again. The answer to that question can be found in many other places. This is about taking a step back from the taken-for-granted nature of College […]