Graduate students who provide academic counseling to undergraduates say a university-mandated reduction in their job benefits will impact the quality of their services. College Academic Counseling told graduate students who work as College Academic Mentors on March 16 that starting next year, they will no longer be eligible for the fee remission and healthcare benefits they currently receive. Read more...

Photo: College Academic Mentors provide academic counseling services for about 18,000 first- and second-year undergraduate students, and advise students who are interesting in applying to graduate school. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A new center at UCLA aims to address the needs of youth in foster care by conducting research and providing resources to foster youth and their families. Read more...

Photo: Tyrone Howard, a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, will be leading the center. He said the center aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration to support foster youth. (Daily Bruin file photo)