Higher Education

Online Alternatives For Packed UC, CSU Classes Proposed By Calif. Sen. Darrell Steinberg

Some classes in California public higher education are both required and sometimes impossible-to-get. And as tuition continues to rise at UC and Cal State campuses, students looking to wrap it up in four years are caught up in a waiting-list world of education. No longer. Not if Senate President P ... More >>

UCLA A Top 8 University, According To Times Higher Education World Ranking

UCLA is the eighth best university in the world, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. That's even better than last year's 13th place for the publication's World University Rankings, in which Caltech came in at No. 1. The latest showing for the Westwood campus .. ... More >>

Inspire the Dream with Los Lobos

Latinos Now Biggest Minority at Four-Year Colleges

When we announced last year that Latinos are now the largest minority group on college campuses, some of you Hispanic-haters were quick to latch on to the fact that many of these places were two-year institutions of the community variety. Sure, they're high schools with ash trays. And Latinos are d ... More >>

Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

America's for-profit colleges use students in their greedy quest for federal bucks -- then leave them holding the debt.

Why Dianne Harrison Struck It Rich at CSUN

$324,000 may be just the beginning

Top 6 Ludicrous Tricks for Getting into College

By Andra Lim How far will Southern California students go, and how creative will they get, to attract the attention of a university admissions office in a viciously competitive market made worse by the fear of unemployment that grips anyone aged 16 to 26? The old joke is the student who sent a sh ... More >>

UCLA Invader Creeps Out Dorm Dwellers, Takes Cash

Updated at the bottom: An arrest has been made! First posted at 8:03 a.m. It's been a bad academic year for creepy crimes at UCLA. Authorities have had to deal with at least three sexual assaults on campus. And now comes this: A burglar entered two dorm rooms at the Westwood school over the weeke ... More >>

Ten Questionable Bands Everyone Listened to at My College

See also: Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List Around the time OJ was acquitted I began college at a private liberal arts school in the lower midwest, a place where students who didn't get into Northwestern came to spend their parents' money on drugs. They also filled their dorm rooms ... More >>

Nation's College Freshmen More Liberal, Hardworking Than Years Past: UCLA Report

The Daily TrojanThe youth is starting to change, brah.​The freshman class of 2011 is challenging the "lazy millennial" stereotype that has come to define Generation Y, according to a nationwide survey conducted by UCLA. "On the academic front, students showed more positive behaviors consiste ... More >>

UCLA Students to Occupy Banks in Los Angeles' Financial District Downtown Today

Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.​Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>

CalTech Shoots to Top of 'World University' Rankings; UC Campuses Struggle to Hold on

Was Obama's shout-out to the California Institute of Technology in January the last push it needed to trample Harvard and Stanford for the No. 1 spot in (arguably) the world's most prestigious college rankings? The Times of Higher Education, a British operation, gave the Pasadena underdog top honor ... More >>

It's a Kinky Reggae Party

Scott Svonkin's Solar Adventure

Candidate for community college board fought citizen oversight in San Gabriel

USC Sex Photo Scandal: Fraternities, Sororities Can Only Party on Weekends as Punishment

JemingwayWoo-to-the-hoo, but only on weekends.​No, it's not double secret probation. But USC's Greek organizations are going to have go without their usual get-togethers Tuesday and Thursday nights for the rest of the semester because one guy had to get his freak on in public. In other words, ... More >>

Alexandra Wallace, UCLA Student, Rants on Asians for Phoning Tsunami Victims in the Library (VIDEO)

YouTubeOvernight celebrity Alexandra Wallace, pretending to be an Asian student on his cell phone​Update: Death threats, poli-sci finals and the First Amendment. Updated after the jump with the university's response. Plus: UCLA Chancellor Gene Block makes a video of his own, and bikini pics o ... More >>

Greens Vs. Big Oil and Prop. 23

To save California's global-warming law, a 23-year-old finds his rage — and 60,000 friends

College 'Transfer Reform' Passes In California Legislature, Aims To Fast-Track The 'Six-Year Degree'

​How many thousands of students went to community college for two years only to learn that they practically had to start over again after transferring to a Cal State or University of California campus because many of the classes they took didn't count at the big-league schools? (We don't know ... More >>

Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado Sidesteps College Tuition Controversy

Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado​When California State University trustees passed a 5 percent tuition hike for undergraduates last Friday, Lieutenant Govenor Abel Maldonado, who sits on the board of trustees, was sure to vote against the fee increase. Why? Maldonado, a moderate Republican in a state ... More >>

CSU student fee hike is a big one: 5 percent slams California kids in November 2010

Abel Maldonado attacked the adults​If you attend CSUN, Cal State Los Angeles or Cal State Long Beach get ready, because costs for students and their families are taking a major leap, and graduate students are getting slammed even harder. Big college fee hikes were approved just minutes ago. R ... More >>

Gustavo Arellano To Deliver UCLA Keynote Speech

UCLA​Gustavo Arellano, author and columnist at LA Weekly's sister newspaper OC Weekly, was announced Thursday as the keynote speaker at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony in June. Arellano is a UCLA alumnus who earned a master's degree in Latin American studies from ... More >>

Big Rally Planned Over UC Fee Hikes, Higher Education Funding

UCLA.​Opponents of recent higher education budget cuts that have caused extreme student fee hikes at UCLA and other University of California campuses are planning a major demonstration in Sacramento next month. The University of California Student Association will hold a rally at the state ca ... More >>

Students Prepare for Budget Protest

View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.As LAist and TV/radio reports are noting, students are already gathering today ahead of tomorrow's protest at California State University, Long  Beach. On Tuesday the Cal State system's board of trustees will convene on the Long Beach ... More >>

Octo-Mom: Who's Wagging the Dog Now?

"Octo-Mom Gave Up Med School for Babies" trumpets the headline on RadarOnline, followed by a blurb outlining how Nadya Suleman, who burst to fame, if not fortune, last January when she gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, had once planned to become a psychiatrist -- before her 14 kids got in the w ... More >>

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And Worth Every Trust-Fund Dollar: Pete Carroll's Salary

Today's Daily Trojan publishes a story, unconfirmed by the University of Southern California, that superstar football coach Pete Carroll "is not only the highest paid employee at USC but at any private university in the country." The DT bases its piece on a report issued by the Chronicle of Higher E ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Polanski Loses Bid to Nix L.A. Judges The AP's Linda Deutsch reports that a three-member appellate panel has rejected self-exiled film auteur Roman Polanski's motion to bar any Los Angeles County judge from participating in his case. Polanski, who claims he has no plans to ever return to the U.S., i ... More >>

The March That Got Away

The flyer from SMC Students Against Budget Cuts was impressive: A cartoon of the Guv all buffed up, standing behind a podium bearing the California state seal, while brandishing a gun. Out of the weapon's viewfinder poured the words: Hasta la Vista Education!!! Schwarzenegger's new budget will slice ... More >>

Voter Guide: the Pros and Cons of the Initiatives, February 5 Ballot

Making sense of the issues

Crosstown Rivals

When USC and UCLA put on their academic game faces, nothing less than the future of the city is at stake

Degree of Education

And on the boards

Compton's Crash Course

Connecting the doubts about the failure of a community college

Whither the Community?

King/Drew supporters vow to keep it standing — but in more muted voices

Back to Square One

A South L.A. school is losing its home

Partying Out of Bounds?

Outrage over border-themed frat party puts USC’s Greeks on defensive

Drowning Deaths Remembered

Two years after alleged hazing tragedy, families have tears but not closure

This Budget Hurts

Governor Arnold talks about his budget — and the outcry over cuts

University of Fear

How the Department of Homeland Security is becoming a big man on campus

No New Taxes

Except on students

Affirming Truth

But the court in the very near future could see things differently

L.A. Weekly’s Choices

A War of Their Own

Community-college students take complaints of budget cuts to the streets

Admission to the Feast

Generation X law students, affirmative action and the lonely battle for equity

Power Turf

In the 4th District race, attitude may be more important than aptitude

Lost Track

Students fight for tenure for beloved UCLA professor

Class Wars

Protesting the high cost of college for undocumented immigrants

King/Drew’s Renewal

The cure for the county-run hospital is ethical, not fiscal

Dream Deal

Activists strike last-minute deal with film studio

Student Union

Teach-out

Grad students strike at UCLA