The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to prevent college student interest rates from doubling.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
_Adding new categories to UC application allow for more accurate racial representations_
The University of California system has always prided itself in the diversity found throughout its campuses. Yet beneath this desire for diversity lies a misrepresentation of many ethnic groups because of broad racial and ethnic categorization found on the UC undergraduate application.
_Raising non-resident enrollment is a reasonable response to recent budget cuts_
Last year, the University of California system faced the largest funding cut from the state, in percentage terms, since the Great Depression, according to Todd Greenspan, director of academic planning at the UC Office of the President. The year before that, tuition surpassed state contributions as the primary funding source for the UC.
_Students First! Slate Second: Organizations should prioritize a strong political voice and platform over internal disagreements_
Our upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, already marked by the withdrawal of several organizations from the Students First! coalition, are starting on an unnecessarily factional tone.
_Textbooks abound: Senate bills would alleviate students’ financial burdens with open source library_
First-year linguistics and psychology student Anya Platt ended up returning her $244 chemistry textbook this quarter because the high cost was not worth its educational value.
_New continuous enrollment rules forces graduate film students into a corner_
Everyone has deadlines, but if Kimberly Townes, a graduate student in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television directing and production program, misses hers, she’s going to be on the hook for an extra $7,758.63.
_The Flex Fully Employed MBA program’s benefits outweigh costs_
New media has been presented as a tool to enhance classroom settings and revolutionize the accessibility of education.