Saturday, February 21

Shani Shahmoon: Creation of online open courses could reconnect alumni to UCLA

By creating and subsidizing online courses for alumni, UCLA can redefine what it means to be part of the Bruin family. Starting in 2012, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology collaborated to create a nonprofit, Massive Open Online Course program called “edX,” which provides free online courses for alumni at their alma maters. Read more...

Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin senior staff)





Casey Kovarik: Miscommunication between UCLA, study abroad students a major frustration

Information on study abroad is getting lost in translation before students set foot in a foreign country. Students planning on studying abroad have to coordinate with their academic department or college, the UCLA study abroad office, the University of California Education Abroad Program and the international school they are studying at before they leave on their trips. Read more...

Photo: Vivian Tong/Daily Bruin



Aram Ghoogasian: UC must increase transparency by fully disclosing finances to workers

The University of California isn’t very good at making friends. Over the course of a little more than a year, the UC has managed to antagonize both its teaching assistants and its service workers. Read more...

Photo: Doctors protested alleged unfair labor practices against the University of California last week, claiming that they were receiving inadequate pay for higher case and patient loads. (Monica Jeon/Daily Bruin)



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