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December 2, 4:44 pm

Opinion: Open-note assessments offer more flexibility, opportunities to learn

Finals season is once again rearing its head. But these exams look different from the ones students have grown used to during online learning. The return of in-person classes this quarter has brought with it the return of closed-note, timed exams. Read more...

Photo: By this time in the quarter, Bruins are used to pre-pandemic scenes such as this one: students packed into a lecture hall with little wiggle room. However, going back to in-person classes doesn’t have to mean going back to closed note exams. Moving forward, educators should capitalize on the benefits of others forms of assessing student learning. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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December 1, 10:03 pm

Opinion: Universities must support women athletes to reduce wage gap, sexism in sports

Basketball, skiing, surfing, golf and even tennis – what do they have in common? In these sports, women are paid significantly less than men. Players in the WNBA, for instance, make on average 1.5% that of NBA players. Read more...

Photo: Women athletes at the collegiate and professional levels are consistently undervalued compared to men. Universities such as UCLA should address this inequity by supporting women student-athletes as best as they can. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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December 1, 9:54 pm

Opinion: UC system should adjust US history requirement to improve quality of education

The University of California claims its mission is to provide societal benefits through education and knowledge. But at the moment, it puts the weight of its students’ United States history education on the shoulders of the high school education system. Read more...

Photo: High schools do a poor job of teaching students about structural racism and the lived experiences of communities of color. With the exception of one campus, UC undergraduate campuses should not allow students to satisfy the American history and institutions requirement with high school history classes. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)

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November 30, 6:08 pm

Opinion: Visas should not deter international students from studying non-STEM subjects

Being a recent graduate is hard enough. But finding work as an international student can be even harder. To help address that problem, the Optional Practical Training program helps international students gain work experience in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: International students are deterred from humanities and social science majors when STEM students are given longer visa extensions. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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November 25, 10:58 pm

Op-ed: Untold stories of urban Indigenous women need to be heard

This post was updated Nov. 29 at 9:45 a.m. The experiences of urban Indigenous communities remain understudied and misunderstood. I want to tell the story about the importance of Indigenous women in postwar Detroit. Read more...

Photo: UCLA assistant professor Kyle Mays shares the story of his great-grandmother Esther Shawboose Mays, a fierce advocate for Indigenous peoples in Detroit. (Courtesy of Kyle Mays. Illustration by Liseth Amaya.)

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November 21, 10:34 pm

Q&A: Graduate student researchers are disappointed by UC’s refusal to recognize union

It has been a busy year for student researchers at the University of California. In addition to conducting research and taking care of all of the things that come with life in academia, graduate student researchers have been advocating for a union that would represent 17,000 student researchers across the UC. Read more...

Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)


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