The University of California is known to provide a world-class education to its students. Its lecturers, however, get little in return for holding up the university system’s awe-inspiring reputation. Read more...
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May 31, 12:18 am
Abhishek Shetty: UCLA should look at undergraduate TAs as short-term fix to TA shortage
The instructed may soon become the instructors. At least, that’s what UCLA might look like if the UCLA Academic Senate was to take a stronger approach to the campus’ teaching assistants shortage. Read more...
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May 29, 8:21 pm
Mariah Furtek: UCLA must improve professor accountability, accessibility for students
UCLA boasts a faculty roster almost as impressive as the starting lineup of its men’s basketball team, but these faculty members aren’t necessarily accessible to their students. Read more...
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May 29, 8:20 pm
William Bleveans: UCLA must reform grading policies to reinvigorate learning on campus
Finals week has us all stressed, and UCLA’s grading policies are to blame. UCLA’s letter grading model is nothing novel. Students are required to take their major-required classes for a letter grade, and those in good academic standing can take a limited number of nonmajor classes as pass/no pass per quarter. Read more...
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May 25, 9:25 pm
Andiver Castellanos: UCLA must consider creating resource center for campus black community
Imagine navigating a public university in which students of your ethnicity make up less than 5 percent of the undergraduate student body. Imagine your university experience plagued by things like parties centered around racially insensitive costumes and a photograph of your undergraduate student government president throwing up a gang sign like it means nothing. Read more...
Photo: The Afrikan Student Union, headed by Alicia Frison, recently released a list of demands to the administration to better meet the black community’s needs. (Frank To/Daily Bruin)
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May 24, 10:30 pm
Gael Adrien Mbama: Transgender students should be able to have preferred names on BruinCard
UCLA offers a very progressive environment to its students, with various programs and resources dedicated to marginalized students. Our university still has a long way to go to be fully trans-inclusive, however. Read more...
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May 24, 10:29 pm
Sandra Wenceslao: Test-material vending machines would ease student stress
You’re in class, ready to take an exam, but you realize that you forgot your blue book. The first thing you do is ask your classmates for a spare. Read more...
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