Author Archives: Josh Kahn

Researchers, public officials and business leaders took part in a conference Wednesday at the Anderson School of Management to discuss the school’s latest forecast that the U.S. economy will continue to experience slow economic growth through 2006. The national economy continues to gradually decelerate, or “glide,” toward slower growth, though not as drastically as once […]

Students at UCLA and at college campuses across the country are finding themselves paying more for textbooks thanks to little-used supplements, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office. The study, released last month, found that textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of inflation in the last two decades, increasing by about […]

Taking a test is nothing new for a high school student. But for the first time in state history, passing or failing an exit exam will determine whether California high schoolers from the classes of 2006 and beyond will get their diplomas. While the state of California is praising this year’s results, researchers from UCLA’s […]

In an effort to increase scholarships and awareness in South Asian studies, the Center for India and South Asia opened this summer as part of the UCLA International Institute. “Few people in the U.S. are well-informed about what goes on over there, except when there is a disaster,” said Sanjay Subrahmanyam, doshi chair of Indian […]

Gary Hart, former senator and presidential candidate, addressed a crowd of students, faculty and diplomats Tuesday as part of a conference called “Global Terror Threat: Are We Winning or Losing?” put on by UCLA’s School of Public Affairs. Hart was part of a four-member panel that also included Brian Jenkins, senior adviser to the president […]