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The Latino college completion gap is widening compared to white students
The top five institutions awarding bachelors degrees to Latino students are Florida International University, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, California State University-Northridge, California State University-Fullerton and University of Central Florida. -- NBC News
AI has the Potential to Transform the Classroom, According to CSUN Prof
As artificial intelligence rolls out to the public, a debate is sparking over its use in higher education. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
CSUN Prof Receives Grant to Help Tell History of L.A. Park
Los Angeles State Historic Park sits just north of Chinatown on a stretch of land that once housed the train station where new arrivals to Los Angeles from the East first disembarked. -- SCV News
CSUN Discusses How AI can Potentially Transform the Classroom
As artificial intelligence rolls out to the public, a debate is sparking over its use in higher education. -- SCV News
Analysis: Degree Completion Gaps for Hispanic Students are Widening
Despite having the largest Hispanic population in the nation, California does not have any schools in the top 5 schools enrolling Hispanic students, though two – Cal State Northridge and Fullerton – are among those graduating the most with bachelor’s degrees. -- Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
CSUN Reactivates Feminist Studies, Social Action Institute
California State University, Northridge officials have renamed, reinvented and reimagined the university’s Institute of Feminist Studies and Social Action , providing the campus with a think tank to inspire participation in guiding social change. -- SCV News
Workplace bias is theme of prof’s winning story in ABA Journal's 2023 Ross Writing Contest
Dosanjh Zucker is a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School who was a law professor before she joined California State University at Northridge. She currently teaches ethics in the accounting department and has also taught accounting communications. -- ABA Journal
Letters to the Editor: I paid $12 per unit to attend a Cal State. Don’t raise tuition
To the editor: When I attended Cal State Northridge before graduating in 1980, I paid $12 per unit in tuition. No loans were needed to come up with that amount. (“Cal State students: Brace yourselves for the possibility of a 6% tuition hike every year,” July 11) -- Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles' dubious history from 1781-1982
The team also included David Almada, a Los Angeles Unified School District administrator serving at a time when few Latinos served in such positions; and historian Leonard Pitt, an emeritus professor of history at California State University, Northridge and author of Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890. Pitt died in July 2015 at 85. -- Compton Herald
5 Maui students awarded Lahaina Junior Golf Association college scholarships
Dillon Jonke of Maui Preparatory Academy is the son of Kirsten and Scott. He will attend California State University Northridge. -- Maui Now