Universities have traditionally offered a clear path to a professional academic career: muddle through graduate school, work as an assistant professor, and then finally reach the golden apple, tenure.
Author Archives: Lucas Bensley
Lucas Bensley: __UC should accept online courses for credit__
It sounds almost too good to be true, but UCLA students may soon be able to get credit for completing free online courses.
_Funds from settlement on UC Davis pepper spray incident should be used for concrete change_
In a society that champions freedom as its foremost virtue, it is difficult to put a price on one’s civil liberties.
_UC should encourage the use of open-source textbooks to improve quality, affordability_
At the beginning of the quarter, you always see the same thing: long, winding lines of impatient students trying to get their books out of Ackerman Union.
_Controversy over chicken sandwiches leaves moderate citizens without a voice in issue_
The debate and media storm surrounding Chick-fil-A has left the voices of moderates and politically uninvolved citizens behind by attaching political views to, of all things, chicken sandwiches.
_Gov. Brown’s administration should practice fiscal responsibility_
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year must correct the overstated amount of funding his administration believes is owed to schools next year if it is truly concerned with reducing costs and the deficit in California.
_Social researching: Academia-specific networking websites offer new, efficient ways for scholars to connect, share works_
In the past few years, academia-specific social networking websites have grown in popularity among faculty members at universities across the United States.