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Reach Higher Initiative Celebrates 5 Years, College Signing Day

by Tiffany Pennamon | April 30, 2019 Each year, College Signing Day on May 1st marks the start of thousands of Americans’ higher e Read more

Measles Quarantine Orders at 2 LA Universities

by Associated Press | April 25, 2019
A quarantine order has been issued for students and staff at two Los Angeles universities who m [...] Read more

Author Chat: New Book Mines Racial Disparities in College Degrees

by LaMont Jones | April 18, 2019
Journalist Richard Whitmire discusses how to significantly improve graduation rates of first-ge [...] Read more

Diversity in Tech: Make School Bachelor’s Program with Dominican Accredited

by LaMont Jones | December 28, 2018
Make School, a postsecondary educational program created by two 20-something techies, is now of [...] Read more

UCLA Research Confirms Political Opinions Predict False Information About Dangers

by Monica Levitan | December 18, 2018
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) published a new study that fo [...] Read more

Scholars Believe Supreme Court Likely to End Affirmative Action with Kavanaugh

by Monica Levitan and LaMont Jones | September 13, 2018
Scholars from coast to coast expect the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Supreme Court nom [...] Read more

New Book Chronicles Aftermath of US Japanese Incarceration

by Lydia Lum | July 31, 2018
Growing up in the 1950s, Kay Ochi heard nary a syllable about the incarceration camps where her [...] Read more

UCLA Exceeds Fundraising Goal 18 Months Early

by Sarah Wood |
A University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) fundraiser has met its $4.2-billion goal 18 mo [...] Read more

Neurodiversity: The Next Frontier in Social Justice

by Niki Elliott | May 17, 2018
The scar on my thigh reminds me of the day I almost gave up my career as a teacher. I now dedi [...] Read more

Achieving Equity in Education: Journalists as Truth-Tellers and Teachers

by Tiffany Pennamon | May 16, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Gathered for the 2018 Education Writers Association National Seminar, hundreds [...] Read more

Find Your Tribe and You Find Your Health and Success

by Tanya Leake | May 3, 2018
Those we keep closest to us are a reflection of us and we, in some ways, become like them. Choo [...] Read more

Researchers Find Disparities in Off-Campus College Recruiting

by Lois Elfman | May 2, 2018
UCLA and University of Arizona researchers released data this week that examined how colleges a [...] Read more

Will High School Activism Hurt Your College Chances?

by Associated Press | April 18, 2018
Students risked disciplinary action at nearly 3,000 high schools in the first nationwide walkou [...] Read more

Arthur Ashe: A Sportsman Who Changed the World

by Walter Hudson | April 8, 2018
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Arthur Ashe, a social justice advocate and [...] Read more

Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College

by Tiffany Pennamon | March 28, 2018
Dr. Linda Oubré will become Whittier College’s 15th president, taking office July 1, 2018, c [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice