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"Soñadores" que demandaron a Gobierno reciben permiso para viajar al exterior
Por: Agencia EFE, Yahoo Noticias – Mayo 12, 2021 Los Ángeles, 12 may (EFE News).- La gran mayoría de los más de 80 "soñadores" beneficiarios de la Acción Diferida (DACA) que demandaron al Gobierno para que se agilizara el estudio de sus solicitudes para viajar al extranjero ya obtuvieron sus ... -
CSU to Implement COVID-19 Vaccination Upon FDA Approval
Press Release by The California State University (CSU) - April 22, 2021 Requirement would go into effect for the fall 2021 term contingent upon one or more vaccines receiving full approval. In the interest of maintaining the health and safety of students, employees, guests and all members of campus communities, ... -
Opinion: Why a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for UC and Cal State is more complicated
By KARIN KLEIN, LOS ANGELES TIMES – APRIL 22, 2021 Why should students attending the University of California and California State University in the fall be any less protected from COVID-19 than those at Stanford or Claremont McKenna? Or the professors teaching them, or the staff maintaining the buildings or managing administrative ... -
More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall
By: Elissa Nadworny, NPR – April 11, 2021 Duke University in North Carolina has announced that it will require students to have a COVID-19 vaccine when they return this fall. And the list of campuses with such policies is growing. Rutgers University in New Jersey was the first, and since then more than ... -
Mexicans Are Not Dumb, the Schools Fail
By Rodolfo F. Acuna, La Prensa San Diego – 24 June 2010 The great American educator, John Dewey, repeatedly made the case that students did not fail; schools failed students. This principle is one of the canons upon which Chicana/o, or La Raza, Studies was formed. Historically, American public schools have ... -
Half of California bachelor’s degrees are awarded by Cal State, report says
By NINA AGRAWAL, Los Angeles Times – April 1, 2021 The California State University, the largest four-year university system in the nation, is showing off the scale of its impact: More than 100,000 job-ready graduates every year, $27 billion of economic activity stimulated annually and a sevenfold return on every dollar ... -
Easing the transfer path in California from community colleges to universities
By: LARRY GORDON, EdSource – March 29, 2021 A second-year student at Long Beach City College, Emilio Mann is part of an experiment that aims to ease and improve the way he and classmates transfer to a public university and ultimately earn a bachelor’s degree. So far, things are working ... -
Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia
By JEFF BIGGERS, Salon – MARCH 28, 2021 As the debate over ethnic studies brews in California and the Biden administration transitions into power, the 88-year-old founding chair of the landmark Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge, has little time for small talk. Notwithstanding a host of serious health setbacks over the ... -
Ethnic Studies Redux: Professor Rudy Acuña Still Has Work to Do
By: Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams – March 23, 2021 The pandemic is not an excuse for mediocrity," declared Dr. Rodolfo "Rudy" Acuña, as he worked on another commentary in a rigorous writing schedule that would defy any Covid blues. As the debate over Ethnic Studies brews in California and the Biden administration transitions into ... -
California adopts Ethnic Studies Curriculum
By NINA AGRAWAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES – MARCH 18, 2021 Ending years-long and often divisive debate over ethnic studies coursework in California’s K-12 schools, the State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved a model curriculum to guide how the histories, struggles and contributions of Asian, Black, Latino and Native Americans ...
