Tuesday, December 30

UC community members share support for bill simplifying student aid application

University of California community members said a bill simplifying the federal student financial aid application and increasing funding for the California Middle Class Scholarship will expand financial aid eligibility and work toward providing a debt-free education. Read more...

Photo: A Free Application for Federal Student Aid application outside of Murphy Hall. Changes to the FAFSA application were introduced in 2020 and will start going into effect July 2023. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA supplies free menstrual products in restrooms regardless of gender

UCLA began providing free menstrual products at all campus restrooms April 4 ahead of a requirement by a new California law. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring public schools and colleges to provide free menstrual products beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Read more...

Photo: A new box of menstrual products sits on the counter in a UCLA bathroom. The university recently began providing free menstrual products in more than 50% of bathrooms on campus. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)



Report finds Latino, Black students in LA experience higher education inequities

This post was updated April 4 at 7:50 p.m. Latino and Black students in Los Angeles continue to face disparities in enrollment and resource allocation within institutions of higher education, according to a February report. Read more...

Photo: Students walk around UCLA’s campus. A February report found that Latino and Black students in Los Angeles experienced disparities in higher education, including a lower transfer rate compared to peers. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA-sponsored report shows shortcomings in UC’s support of undocumented students

This post was updated March 14 at 9:14 p.m. Undocumented students at University of California campuses lack resources and proper funding, according to a recent student-led report. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Labor Center, in partnership with the UCLA Dream Resource Center and the Undocumented Student-Led Network, sponsored a student-led report on undocumented student experiences. (Chelsea Rose Westman/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA report explores the UC’s growing reliance on adjunct faculty

The University of California is increasingly employing adjunct faculty as the state shifts away from prioritizing higher education, according to a UCLA-led report from February. The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy published the report titled “The Transformation of Academic Labor: Past as Prologue at the UC” as the first part of a larger three-part series from the LCHP designed to critically and constructively envision a path to build a more just UCLA community. Read more...

Photo: (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)



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