Bay Area U.C. Hastings law school could be renamed as founder’s racist past is reexamined By Thomas Peele | EdSource | October 29, 2021 Serranus Hastings, a wealthy rancher, played a significant role in the mass killing of California’s Indigenous peoples.
Bay Area Pandemic rules add stress for campus RAs By Itzel Luna, Juhi Doshi, Omar Rashad, and Steven Vargas | October 28, 2021 Resident advisers on college campuses have a complicated job in a normal year; the pandemic is adding to their workload this fall.
Bay Area California community colleges unable to justify placing students in remedial classes, study finds By Michael Burke | EdSource | October 25, 2021 A new study finds unnecessary remedial classes exacerbate educational inequities.
College Equity proves elusive in gifted programs, research shows By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | October 22, 2021 Long-standing achievement differences on standardized tests play a role, but bias toward Black students by white teachers does, too.
Education Pressure mounts on UC system to reach agreement with lecturer workforce as strikes and class cancellations loom By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 21, 2021 The UC workforce has a churn problem as about a quarter of the system’s 6,000 lecturers don’t return annually.
Bay Area UC workforce churn: Why a quarter of lecturers don’t return each year By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 5, 2021 Relatively low pay and little job stability create precarious working conditions and now lecturers are considering a strike.
Bay Area California college students head overseas again — in limited numbers By Larry Gordon | EdSource | October 1, 2021 Programs in Western Europe and South Korea reopen, but other regions, such as China and Latin America, are off-limits due to pandemic concerns.
Bay Area UC Regents approve housing project at People’s Park in Berkeley By Michael Burke | EdSource | October 1, 2021 Two groups are suing the university over the project.
Bay Area New program allows incarcerated students to get bachelor’s degrees alongside peers on the outside By Meghan Bobrowsky | CalMatters | October 1, 2021 The "Inside Out" curriculum brings college students and professors into prisons to learn alongside incarcerated students.
Education As UC makes room for more Californians, can it afford to lose out-of-state students? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | September 24, 2021 Lawmakers, students, and university officials have different positions on how many out-of-state students the UC should enroll.