Post Tagged with: "higher education"

21Apr
2012

The Post-Grad Life: Make the best use of your time after college

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The Post-Grad Life: Make the best use of your time after college

You are about to graduate, so what’s next? Save the world? Become a billionaire? Cure cancer? What is the first thing you are going to do? And how are you going to do it?

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29Nov
2011

In Photos: Protest outside UC Regents Meeting at UCLA

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In Photos: Protest outside UC Regents Meeting at UCLA

On Monday, students protested outside the UC Regents meeting held inside the James West Alumni Center at UCLA.

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27Nov
2011

In Videos: Occupy UCLA

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In Videos: Occupy UCLA

In the past couple of weeks, the Occupy movement has spread to college campuses around the nation, including UCLA. Hear about what UCLA students are demanding.

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2Nov
2011

What Students Think of Repealing Prop 209

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What Students Think of Repealing Prop 209

UCLA students tell Al-Talib why they demonstrated to repeal Prop 209.

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19Oct
2011

Breaking the Cycle: A Closer Look into the Incarceration System

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Breaking the Cycle: A Closer Look into the Incarceration System

The American incarceration system has made it a point to imprison people, bar them from outside contact, isolate them from society and bunch them together to have “tea-parties”. Meanwhile, they fail to provide them with proper rehabilitation programs and a safe environment to foster development and change.

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18Apr
2011

Why our Current Education System is Leading us to Failure

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Why our Current Education System is Leading us to Failure

When we walk into the lecture hall, we can easily identify the seats meant for students and the single podium that belongs to the teacher. Many of the lecture halls at universities are meant to accommodate hundreds of students at a time, the seats arranged theater-style…

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