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Forbes’ List Of America’s Top Colleges Snubs Most Local Schools
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Forbes has released its annual list of America’s Top Colleges and Southland schools – except for one – aren’t at the top of the list. “Our annual ranking of the 650 best...
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California Universities Rank Highly In New Report
LOS ANGELES (CBS)— Loyola Marymount University was deemed the fourth-best regional university in the western United State on the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of colleges and universities...
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Private Colleges Boom As Calif. Universities Falter
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s public higher education crisis has a flip side: swelling enrollment, expanding faculty, and state-of-the-art construction at the state’s private colleges and...
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Democrats Scrap Affirmative Action Amendment
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Bowing to pressure from within their party, Democrats in the Legislature on Monday abandoned an attempt to repeal the voter-approved ban on affirmative action in the state’s higher...
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California Debates ‘Yes Means Yes’ Sex Assault Law
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lawmakers in California are considering a first-in-the-nation measure that would require universities that receive public funds for student financial assistance to set a standard...
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California Approves ‘Yes Means Yes’ Law
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he has signed a bill that makes California the first in the nation to define when “yes means yes” and adopt requirements for colleges to...
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Calif. Schools Bid For $50M Prize To Shorten Degree Path For Students
WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com/AP) — A $50 million competition was underway Monday among dozens of California universities and community colleges to come up with new approaches to help student earn degrees in...
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Podcast Hosts Discuss Recent Controversies Surrounding Hazing, Greek Life On...
This week’s Play.It podcast spotlight falls on two shows that examine the hot button issue of hazing in America’s colleges and universities. First up: A new episode of global security expert and author...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At home in Turkey, Kursat Pekgoz considered himself a feminist. In the world of American higher education, where he is now pursuing a doctorate in English literature, the 30-year-old...
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UCLA Selected The No. 1 Public School In The Nation By US News
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — UCLA was named the No. 1 public university in the nation by U.S. News & World Report Monday for the fifth straight year. In total, six schools in the University of California...
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