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California’s local governments face violent disruption. Officials say they need protection
Tom Hogen-Esch, political science professor at California State University, Northridge, predicts that events of the last several years will steer Californians away from running for local office. -- Modesto Bee
CSU trustees plan to eliminate faculty retreat rights for fired administrators
How administrative retirement is used varies across campuses, according to EdSource. Some campuses have formal policieswhile others like CSU Northridge and Chico State do not have a written policy. -- California News Times
How does Caribbean fire coral thrive as others vanish?
Thirty years ago, Peter Edmunds began doing annual surveys of underwater life off St. John, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The marine biologist from California State University, Northridge, marked out a 20-meter transect along an underwater reef. Each summer he has photographed what grew there, including an expanded transect of 40 meters. -- Science
America has an innovation problem. The H-1B visa backlog is making it worse.
Historically, immigrants have played a vital role in American innovation. As Jeremy Neufeld, an immigration policy fellow with the Institute for Progress, a new innovation-focused think tank, remarked to me, “It’s always been the case that immigrants have been a secret ingredient in US dynamism.” Robert Krol, a professor of economics with California State University Northridge, describes it this way: “The bottom line is that when you look at the impact of immigrants — whether you think about starting businesses or innovating patents — they have a large, significant impact.” -- VOX
Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
At least one Cal State legislative report painted an incomplete picture of its efforts to close equity gaps. Last year, the system wrote to lawmakers that Cal State Northridge narrowed its achievement gap by 4 percentage points between underrepresented and non-underrepresented minority groups between 2019 and 2020. That’s true, but only because the non-minority group graduation rate dropped by three points. -- Capital Public Radio
How to talk about climate change: Highlight harms — not benefits — to alter behaviour
In a recent paper I co-authored with Jack Lin, a student at the California State University Northridge, we found that stressing the “seriousness” or “importance” of climate change could lead to counterintuitive results. -- EconoTimes
Cal State’s Black Students Are Falling Behind Other Groups — And Poor Graduation Data Obscures The Crisis
At least one Cal State legislative report painted an incomplete picture of its efforts to close equity gaps. Last year, the system wrote to lawmakers that Cal State Northridge narrowed its achievement gap by 4 percentage points between underrepresented and non-underrepresented minority groups between 2019 and 2020. That’s true, but only because the non-minority group graduation rate dropped by three points. -- LAist
Copy Express: Barry Blum celebrates 20 years
Despite receiving a degree in accountancy from California State University, Northridge, with the amount of graphic design and printing he does, Blum relies on his time studying art at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
-- Fountain Hill Times
$1.8 Million in Grants to Support STEM Pursuits at CSU Campuses
CSU Northridge (CSUN)’s Global Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Equity Innovation Hub has announced $1.8 million in CSU HSI Community Grants as its first initiative to inspire students to pursue pathways to STEM careers. The grants – which will range from $50,000 to $150,000 – will support work at the 21 CSU campuses federally designated as HSIs. -- Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
CSUN Student Michelle Gillen: Asian Americans’ Role In Revealing The Implicit Ambiguity Of ‘Whiteness’
Throughout the United States’ history, racial divisions have been socially and politically enforced, but never explicitly defined, despite their continued use to sustain the unequal distribution of opportunities and treatment of Americans. The various racial classifications used in this country — white, Black, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and beyond — influence how we categorize and perceive each other through cultural trends, the stereotypes we maintain, as well as the effect of our laws and policies despite these divisions being completely arbitrary and limiting for many people that do not fit neatly within the established options. Cultivating our understanding of racial divisions is important on an interpersonal level to prevent prejudices between groups that can lead to conflict and discrimination as well as at the political level to prevent systemic disadvantage against whichever groups may be targeted. -- Asian Journal