Tag: education
The fault of science illiteracy is ourselves
Sen. Marco Rubio recently doubled down on his denial that climate change is caused by man. “I do not believe that human activity is...
The plight of nontraditional students in the Inland Empire
I am a third-year transfer student who began my path to a university education at a community college. I know the importance of having...
Is crowdfunded science a viable option for the future?
With the advent of the Internet and its increasingly cheaper costs and user-friendly interfaces, it should come as no surprise that many businesses are...
Editorial: Out of money? UC Berkeley goes out-of-state.
What does it mean to be a public university?
It’s not just pursuit of knowledge. Although it plays a crucial role, desire of knowledge is...
Students should accumulate life skills through experience, not class
Experience is an aspect of life that is different for every single person. It is highly unlikely that you can find two of the...
Editorial: Standardized testing has created standardized students with useless skills
In the last decade, we have become obsessed with evaluating and reevaluating the success of our students. With the United States slipping further and...
Editorial: The UC system should follow its own mission statement
Grade school has taught us valuable skills for us to obtain information faster and reiterate what we know on a test. These skills were...
Editorial: More tests are not the answer to an expensive education
We’ve all taken that one class. The one that’s so utterly boring that you can’t help but sleep through. The one that you can’t...
Hopeful policies will change UC education for the better
Mark Yudof, President of the University of California from 2008 to 2013, led the UC system through fighting times when budget deficits were apparent,...
Humanities and STEM make strange but necessary bedfellows
"Oh, you're an English major? That's interesting." An assuring nod, a brief pause. "So, what are you planning to do with that?
I'm often inclined...