EdUp Experience: The 13th Prescription

Source: KABC (Video) Out-of-state tuition: Four words that often influence a family’s colleges choices. But there’s a little-known program that might open a lot of opportunity. The Western Undergraduate Exchange, or WUE, is an agreement between over 160 colleges and universities to offer steep tuition discounts for students in the West. Last year, 46,000 students saved roughly […]

Source: Clean Earth Challenge As part of the CSUDH Day of Service (California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA) and the Clean Earth Challenge, 20 student volunteers participated in a campus cleanup. The goal was to collect trash to make their campus environment cleaner and to spread awareness about how important it is to prevent trash […]

Source: Office of California State Senator Steven Bradford Senator Steven Bradford’s legislation to establish a state-level designation recognizing institutions of higher education that excel in educating and serving Black students has passed the Senate Education Committee 6-0 with bipartisan support. Black students in California and nationally are historically underrepresented in higher education. SB 1348 would […]

Source: Ed Source Representation matters, especially in the classroom. Students can do better when they are instructed by a person who looks like them. As California is challenged by fiscal uncertainties, school districts are bracing themselves to establish their own budget priorities. Now more than ever, it is time for school districts to protect and realize […]

Source: ABC News (Video) ABC News’ Linsey Davis investigates more than 2,500 claims of abuse at juvenile probation facilities. Oversight officials say the system is broken beyond repair — and children are in danger. CSUDH alumna Dominique Anderson (B.S. ’22) is one of the women interviewed in this report, which also includes footage of the […]

Source: Op-Ed by CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham for Inside Higher Ed Amid the controversies over whether and when presidents should speak out, Thomas A. Parham asks, whose voice are we listening to? L. Song Richardson’s decision in February to step down from her position as president of Colorado College surprised many people both within and outside […]