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California college campuses become lightning rods for pro-Palestinian protests
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTensions have escalated and arrests have been made as protesters continue to stake out areas on the...
Police swarm Cal Poly Humboldt, arresting at least 25 and ending weeklong siege over Gaza war
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPro-Palestinian encampments have sprung up on the campuses of UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Occidental...
Occidental to vote on divesting from Israeli-linked companies under pact with protesters
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOccidental College's logo is displayed at Thorne Hall. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)...
Encampments spread across California universities. Are they living on borrowed time?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA pro-Palestinian encampment was erected on the campus of Cal State L.A. last week. (Myung J. Chun /...
'This is just the biggest fiasco.' College admissions upended by financial aid form glitches
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA chaotic rollout of a new federal financial aid form is roiling high schools and upending college...
Youngkin signs bills targeting legacy admissions at Virginia public colleges
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed two bills aimed at at legacy admissions at public colleges...
New Occidental College president bullish on liberal arts, champion of equity and inclusion
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOccidental College names as its president Tom Stritikus, a champion of liberal arts education, diversity and inclusion who led a Colorado public college.
John Brooks Slaughter, trailblazing engineer who led Occidental College, dies at 89
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJohn Brooks Slaughter, a pioneering engineer who served as the first Black director of the National Science Foundation and the first Black president of Occidental College, died Wednesday at ...
California effort to crack down on legacy and donor admissions could hit USC, Stanford
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA new California legislative effort to ban state financial aid to colleges and universities that...
'We will not move.' Pro-Palestinian encampments, protests grow at California universities
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEncampments and protests took place at UC Berkeley and Cal Poly Humboldt, and plans were shaping up...