Online courses are advertised on television and radio and are popular among anyone from working professionals to students who cannot wake up and make it to class on time. Read more...

William Bowen, a prominent figure in higher education research, recently advocated that selective universities should give admissions preference to students of low-income backgrounds. Bowen, a former president of Princeton University and the current president of the Andrew W. Read more...

Religious scholars from throughout the UCLA community widely agreed Thursday that the violence portrayed in the hugely successful “The Passion of the Christ” was over-exaggerated and furthered misdirected anti-Semitic behavior. Read more...

Today, 27 million people around the world are still forced to labor with no pay under the threat of violence. Fifty thousand of these victims reside in the United States. Read more...

For the large task that lies ahead of them ““ providing health care and health education for hundreds of people in a rural town in Jamaica ““ 19 UCLA physicians and medical students are packing unusually light. Read more...

UCLA is often on the cutting edge, purchasing the newest and most technologically advanced tools to achieve the highest levels of success. But unlike several universities and metropolitan police departments in California, UCLA’s police department isn’t buying taser guns, one of the most recent tools to hit the market. Read more...

About 20 students met with a prominent member of the state assembly Thursday evening to discuss how to best resist Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposal to cut funding to outreach programs, which would jeopardize minority enrollment at the university. Read more...