In response to a weak job market, the numbers of applications to UCLA’s graduate programs are significantly higher in 2003 than in years prior to the current recession. “If you look back at the past 20 or 30 years, when the economy is bad, grad school applications increase,” said Jim Turner, assistant vice chancellor in […]
Author Archives: Brad Greenberg
Cochran speaks about law and service
A crowd of more than 200 packed a small UCLA School of Law lecture hall Thursday afternoon to hear Johnnie Cochran talk about something other than a bloody glove or a white Bronco. Cochran was also invited to speak at a fundraiser for the Center for African American Studies Thursday evening, but prefaced that talk […]
UCLA surgeon sued for harassment
Update Appended Two former UCLA employees have filed a lawsuit against UCLA surgeon Gerald Buckberg and the UC Regents, alleging Buckberg had sexually harassed them and that when they complained, they were retaliated against. Buckberg, who is still employed by the university, is a professor of cardiothoracic surgery and a practicing surgeon at the UCLA […]
Students can now earn MBA using the Internet
Online master’s of business administration programs are enabling graduate students to earn an advanced degree while sitting in an office cubicle or in front of their home computers. Cardean University, which exists only in cyberspace, is offering a masters degree derived from the teaching of some of the nation’s most prestigious schools. The school transcends […]
Programs aid students in filing their taxes
Spring time means several things at UCLA. It means missing class to go to the beach. It means three months to go before summer. And it means filing taxes. The April 15 deadline for non-extended tax returns is rapidly approaching, but even if students have done nothing to prepare, a solution may be right at […]
Ex-program head busted
A former co-director of the UCLA Drug Policy Analysis Program was convicted Monday of running one of the largest LSD laboratories in history ““ out of an old missile silo. William Leonard Pickard, who was employed at UCLA for nearly two years, and Clyde Apperson, his assistant, were convicted Monday of two counts each of […]
Diversity adds little to education, study says
A recent study has reported that a racially diverse university may offer no more benefits to its students and faculty than a homogeneous student body. The study, “Does Enrollment Diversity Improve University Education?” has attracted attention on the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing for the constitutionality of affirmative action. It runs in direct […]