Linking college ratings to federal funding is a good idea in theory, but it’s a bit more complicated in practice. Recently the U.S. Department of Education released a framework for a college ratings system that would score colleges and distribute funding based on those ratings. It says it has chosen to create broad ratings that […]
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Editorial: UC’s lack of state funding jeopardizes public mission
The University of California is no longer a public institution. Never has that fact been clearer than with the most recent funding battle raging between UC leadership and Gov. Jerry Brown. On Friday, Brown announced a budget proposal of $120 million in funding to the UC – $100 million less than what the UC needs […]
Natalie Delgadillo: In wake of Charlie Hebdo tragedy, we must remember quieter injustices
Sixty-one journalists were killed on the job in 2014. Among the names you or I might recognize are American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, both brutally killed by a militant Islamic group; but there are dozens of names I found doing cursory internet research that I’d never seen reported or memorialized in any major […]
Editorial Series: A Public University?
Zoey Freedman: UCLA should raise awareness of STIs, sexual health
Graduating from college typically means walking away with a degree and a diploma, but at this point it could mean walking away with a sexually transmitted infection as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old account for half of the almost 20 […]
Arthur Wang: ‘The Interview’ showing misses discussion on race, gender
The saga surrounding the now-controversial film “The Interview,” a comedy that depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, transformed an otherwise mediocre film into an unlikely cultural touchstone of 2014. I was one of roughly 278 UCLA students who watched the Campus Events Commission-sponsored prescreening of the film on Dec. 8. Not knowing […]
Editorial: New petition doesn’t accurately reflect student body
Student government representatives and several UCLA student groups have been deliberate and clear in their support of an undergraduate diversity course requirement. But a new petition signed by a group of 59 professors and administrators could jeopardize the requirement already approved by student representatives. After the College of Letters and Science faculty passed a proposal […]