The California Educational Opportunity Report of 2007, published last week by two University of California organizations, shows that the state lags behind the rest of the nation in school quality. The report also indicates that black and Latino students have less access to quality education.
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General to discuss new book
Wesley Clark, a retired four-star Army general and contender for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, will come to Dodd Hall today to discuss and sign his newly released book “A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor, and Country”.
Library to expand successful grad student archive program
The UCLA Library has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand the scope of the Center for Primary Research and Training by creating a new program that focuses on the performing arts.
Loan consolidation not always advisable
With an average debt of thousands of dollars after graduation, UCLA students have several options to go about repaying the debt but need to carefully research their choices.
Two professors take divergent “˜green’ paths
Sustainability, or the integration of human, ecological and economic needs, is an increasingly important concern in Western society.
Benefit dinner raises money for children in Iraq
Zainab Naji said she remembers hiding under a staircase during a bombing during the first Gulf War, when she was a 5-year-old child in Baghdad.
State Senate OKs bill
A bill aimed at improving the transparency of compensation packages offered to University of California and California State University executives was approved Thursday by a unanimous vote in the state Senate.