Increasing demand for coding skills has prompted academic departments to provide more opportunities for students to practice computational thinking. The interest in programming skills has grown rapidly in both UCLA classes and career fields, said Robert Gould, undergraduate vice chair of the statistics department. “The need to have people who can work in data has […]
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Transfer Program Director aims to help transfer students
When she first moved to Los Angeles to be an actress, Heather Adams had no idea what path her life would take. More than 20 years later, Adams, a UCLA transfer alumnus, heads the Transfer Student Program at the Bruin Resource Center. The program’s initiatives, which cater to transfer student-specific concerns, have helped make UCLA […]
USAC office proposes international student representative position
An undergraduate student government office proposed Nov. 18 to add an international student representative position to the council, in an effort to better represent international students’ interests. Aaliya Khan, an Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative, organized a town hall on Nov. 16 with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars, or DCISS. At […]
Q&A: UCLA professor talks new study on LA’s minimum wage increase
A research foundation granted UCLA professors $570,000 to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. The team will study changes in wage and employment, product prices and health. Dr. Edward Leamer, chair in management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will lead the Anderson team […]
UC to cut need-based aid for incoming out-of-state students
The University of California will no longer provide need-based financial aid for incoming out-of-state students to accommodate for the planned increase in enrollment of in-state students. The UC Board of Regents approved the operating budget plan Thursday for the 2016-2017 academic year. According to budget, the University will increase resident enrollment by 5,000 in the […]
USAC recap – Nov. 24
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. The meeting on Nov. 24 took place at 6 p.m. Watch a live stream of the meetings […]
USAC draws criticism for enforcing time limit on comment session
Students were unable to comment on a controversial bylaw change the undergraduate student government voted on at its meeting last Tuesday, sparking discussion about the council’s 30-minute limit for public comment. Council members only allowed about 10 of 60 students to express their opinions during the meeting’s public comment section, in accordance with the time […]