In a crisis, one might hope for decisive leadership from their university. Shared governance is supposed to allow faculty to have agency over important academic matters. Read more...

UCLA’s student government has taken steps to elevate underrepresented voices. And frankly, it’s more than the University of California could be doing. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President announced a new Congressional Advisory Board composed of student organizations and advocacy groups to review USAC’s surplus allocations, introduce joint resolutions with the council and address USAC on issues concerning its member organizations. Read more...

UCLA’s projected plan to increase its UCPD budget by more than $500,000 this year despite clear opposing demands from students defies logic. This increased funding comes amid protests calling to defund police over numerous complaints of police use of force against people of color, calls to increase funds for community programs, about $1.8 billion in revenue loss as of July to the University of California because of COVID-19 and a pandemic that will limit the number of students on campus. Read more...

One week seems like a short time in the slowly grinding wheels of bureaucracy. But when it comes to the fate of Title IX regulations, one week is an eternity. Read more...

Students shouldn’t have to skip meals to buy textbooks. Nor should they have to risk malware from contraband websites that promise free textbooks, skip out on necessary course materials because of high costs or pass on a class altogether. Read more...

UCLA has long claimed to be a champion for undocumented students, but contracts speak louder than words. Specifically, contracts with legal databases that sell information to the U.S. Read more...