Tag: education
Free tuition is yet another April Fools’ joke we’re told to...
In a monumental decision, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents voted on March 23 to make tuition free for all students at...
Learning cannot happen under the pressure of grades
It's midterm season and most students are locked in — eyes fixed on laptop screens, pens scribbling notes and calculators computing complex problems. The...
Nursing is no longer a professional degree
As federal policymakers prepare to overhaul graduate student loan borrowing caps, a longstanding gap in federal education policy has resurfaced: nursing will no longer...
300,000 UC students should not be represented by one voice
The University of California (UC), a system serving 300,000 students, currently grants only one of its two student regents voting power on the UC...
Newsom warns California schools to not ‘sell out’
On Oct. 2, 2025, Governor of California Gavin Newsom issued a statement threatening to cut down billions of dollars in funding for any “sell...
R’Perspective: Office hours may quite literally change your life
My first day at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in the fall of 2022 was a nightmare. The very first class I had...
R’Perspective: Why you should be worried about the slow and painful...
Elmo was just laid off. Or at least that is what the internet thought when a fake LinkedIn profile of the beloved Red Muppet...
Declining FAFSA applications from California high school seniors raises serious concerns
Recently, there has been a troubling decline in Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications among California high school seniors. This drop is...
Dismissal of children’s climate case represents an unjust ignorance of the...
The climate case Genesis B. vs. EPA was initially filed in December 2023 by 18 plaintiffs between the ages of 8-years-old and 17-years-old in...
Going to college is worth it, especially if it is a...
With rising tuition costs, there has been an ongoing debate as to whether attending a university is worth the expenses. While it is important...