Tag: Cal State LA

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New Grants for University-Community Partnerships Prepare Students for Workforce

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) awarded their inaugural Collaborative Opportunity Grants to the University of New Orleans, the University of Memphis, and Cal State LA. The grants support partnerships between these public universities and local community organizations or businesses that equip students for career […]

July 27, 2021

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux Appointed Cal State LA College of Ethnic Studies Dean

Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a prominent labor economist and president emeritus at Bennett College, has been appointed dean of the new College of Ethnic Studies at California State Los Angeles. Malveaux is a scholar, author, activist, feminist and columnist. For years, Malveaux wrote a nationally syndicated column about economics, policy and race and served as a […]

June 9, 2021

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Cal State LA Provost Resigns, Second Provost Lost in Two Years for School

Cal State LA provost and vice president of academic affairs Dr. José Luis Alvarado has resigned after five months at the job. He is the second provost the school has lost in two years, University Times reported. Cal State LA President Dr. William Covino announced Alvarado’s resignation in a university email, wherein he also said […]

December 14, 2020

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San Francisco State Selects First Female President

Dr. Lynn Mahoney— a trained historian known for her scholarship on race and gender— has been tapped to be the next president of San Francisco State University.

May 22, 2019

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Prof. Abdullah on the College Scandal, Black Studies After 50, HBCUs

“Black Studies is probably the most enduring victory of the Black Power Movement,” says Dr. Melina Abdullah. “It’s part of an institution that never wanted it. And so it means that the struggle is constant, because the institution is always trying to shut us down and kick us out. But it also is kind of a way of taking resources back. An education system that was intended for, you know the sons and daughter of the wealthy—that scandal that’s plagued the country.”

April 7, 2019