Author Archives: Saba Riazati

University of California officials and those involved in the search for the next chief executive of UCLA have not confirmed or denied a report that Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University, is the sole remaining candidate to replace Chancellor Albert Carnesale. According to a report Friday by the Los Angeles Times, Freund is in final […]

UC officials and those involved in the search for the next chancellor have not confirmed or denied a report in the Los Angeles Times that named Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University, the sole remaining candidate to replace Chancellor Albert Carnesale. According to the Times, Freund is in final negotiations with university officials about taking […]

Correction appended In the world of Internet blogging, where personal entries go uncensored and a great deal of information is shared, an increasing number of journalists and self-proclaimed reporters have jumped on the blogging bandwagon, reporting news in a variety of different locations. But blogging has sparked debate among scholars, journalists and experts, as the […]

It was the first day of instruction Monday and Jenny Galvez was preparing to help organize a nationwide “day of action” about the immigration reform bills in Congress, in addition to preparing for all her new classes. Student activists like Galvez, the chairwoman of MEChA, came back from spring break ready to address how several […]

While the University of California guidelines do not dictate how much time should be allocated to any one aspect of managing the university, the distribution and raising of funds tend to occupy most of the chancellor’s time. Because the organization of the administration is such that managing different aspects of the campus are divided among […]

Though the search committee to find UCLA’s next chancellor had hoped to select a candidate in time for next week’s UC Board of Regents meeting, committee members said they have yet to settle on a recommendation after meeting Thursday in Oakland. Committee members said that though they were unable to finalize decisions, they have narrowed […]

Although UCLA has historically been headed by a white male, national trends suggest an increase in minority and female university chief executives, which may have implications for the replacement of Chancellor Albert Carnesale. Based on a study conducted by the American Council of Education, in recent decades there has been an increase in the number […]