David Nazarian College of Business and Economics News

The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics unveiled a new name for the college’s real estate center on May 6 in honor of Harriet and Harvey Bookstein and their generous support of the college.  Read more

The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics is thrilled to announce that Admitted Matadors Day was a success! Read more

AACSB International—the world’s largest business education alliance—today named David Nazarian College of Business and Economics to an exclusive group: its Innovations That Inspire member spotlight program. Nazarian College is one of only 26 business schools worldwide to receive the recognition in 2024.
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The Nazarian College is proud to welcome Timothy Gaspar ’06 (Finance) to its Advisory Board.  Read more

Younes Nazarian, a passionate supporter of education and the arts and a principal supporter of CSUN’s Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) has died. He was 91 years old. Read more

Four Nazarian College undergraduate and graduate Small Business Consulting teams placed within the top three of their respective categories at the Small Business Institute’s Project of the Year competition. 

The Small Business Institute announced the results of their competition on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the 2022 SBI Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.   Read more

Using the wrong word or misinterpreting body language can throw off an international business deal or sabotage efforts to negotiate an agreement between countries.

Hoping to ease tensions and enhance cross-cultural dialogue, the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge is part of a multi-university, interdisciplinary project — funded with $5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted app to help with real-time interpretations. Read more

The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics was named a Top 5 “Career Ready” Business School by SkillSurvey, where students were rated by supervisors on 30 behaviors tied to eight National Association of Colleges and Employers competencies. Read more

After the pharmaceutical company Mylan acquired the rights to distribute EpiPens in 2007, the cost for a two-pack of the injectors that deliver livesaving medication to someone experiencing a severe allergic reaction rose by 500 percent. Read more

CSUN leaders and alumni are considered among the most influential individuals in the Valley area, according to the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s 2021 edition of “The Valley 200.” Read more

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics was recently ranked the No. 18 on University HQ’s list of “Best California MBA Schools and Programs.” The list included eight other CSU campuses. Read more

Employers are consistently striking gold at two career fairs hosted by CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics’ Industry Night and the Meet the Firms event. Companies went mining again at both events, held virtually this fall to connect well-known businesses and firms with students. Read more

Business Law Professor Farshad Ghodoosi has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of its program on Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF). FW-HTF is one of the 10 big ideas for future NSF investments Read more

Marketing professor and director of the MBA program, Kristen Walker, recently spoke with the San Fernando Valley Business Journal about the growth of the MBA and Graduate Certificate in Business Administration programs since COVID-19. Read more

CSUN’s Master of Science in Taxation (MST) Program was recently ranked within the top 15 programs in seven publications: Great Business Schools, Accounting Degree Review, Accounting.com, Master’s Programs Guide, Accounting School Guide, Intelligent and Grad School Hub. Read more

It was as normal a Monday morning as any for pro bono practitioner, Steven L. Jager, when he got a notification from the Los Angeles Tax Court Clerk requesting his services. Representing the David  Nazarian College of Business and Economics’ Bookstein Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC), Jager was placed in a breakout room on Zoom with the petitioner, Ramiro Anthony Jimenez, and two additional pro bono lawyers from other low-income tax clinics to discuss Jimenez’s case. This case would eventually go on to become a win for both Jimenez and Jager.  Read more

Tim Tiemann, managing director of the CSUN Innovation Incubator in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, has been asked by officials with the U.S. Department of State to bring the ideas behind the Incubator to women and underserved populations in South Africa this fall. Read more

Nazarian College alumnus, Paul Erickson ‘85 (Finance) was honored at the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s 2021 CFO & HR Awards held virtually on Wednesday, June 23. The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics was a presenting sponsor of the event. 

Erickson was named CFO of the Year in the category of Emerging Private Companies for his work at Contemporary Services Corp. in Northridge. Read more

Emi Fisher and Orr Klein, Master of Science in Taxation (MST) students at California State University, Northridge’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, were recently named co-recipients of the Class of 2021 Tax Executive Institute’s Outstanding Achievement Award and will receive the Tax Executive Institute Scholarship Award. 

The Tax Executives Institute awards a scholarship in the amount of $1,500 to a graduating MST student at the Nazarian College who has demonstrated the highest level of mastery of knowledge and has been rated as the top student by faculty in the program.  Read more

“Every year, WTCLA partners with a local university on the analysis of our FDI report to showcase their research capacity and obtain more information on how that research speaks to foreign direct investment,” said Stephen Cheung, president of the WTCLA. “This year we were delighted to partner with the Nazarian College and Dr. Sun, who provided an excellent analysis on place branding for California and what that means for attracting more FDI to support and grow our economy.” Read more

Wells Fargo has again donated $50,000 to California State University - Northridge’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic, the university has announced. Read more

Several individuals taking part in this year’s commencement ceremonies at California State University, Northridge were singled out for special recognition as outstanding graduating students. Read more

Nazarian College finance professor, Dr. Inga Timmerman, provides her expert opinion on questions regarding the cost of car insurance.  Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed much about the past academic year, including how California State University, Northridge will be celebrating commencement. Read more

In blockbuster films like “The Fast and the Furious” and “Need for Speed,” audiences witness supercars, driven by expert drivers, reach breakneck speeds. But what if amateur drivers could get a taste of that supercar action with their own cars? Read more

David Nazarian College of Business and Economics alumnus, Thiago D’Elia ’20 (Real Estate) was named a recipient of the Real Estate and Land Use Institute’s (RELUI) student scholarship in spring 2020. 

“I was ecstatic about receiving the scholarship,” D’Elia said. “For a student like me, the scholarship had a massive impact on my education.”  Read more

Matadors Leading Forward candidates Jonathan Hay and Kaitlyn Orozco have been elected the president and vice president of the Associated Students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Read more

Showcasing the expertise of powerful and influential women across myriad fields, including politics, biomedicine, business, engineering, green energy, law and technology, the CSUN David Nazarian College of Business and Economics partnered with the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA) for its second-annual “Extraordinary Women in Leadership” event. Read more

Three California State University, Northridge alumni will share their experiences working in the field of sustainability as they launch this semester’s virtual Distinguished Speaker Series hosted by CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics on Wednesday, March 24, online via Zoom.

The three will discuss how they built successful and diverse careers in sustainability and how their work is leading innovation in renewable energy, carbon reductions, and data and technology to achieve decarbonization. Read more

Highly accomplished business executive and Nazarian College alumnus Carl Carande has been selected as an honoree for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’s (AACSB) 2021 Class of Influential Leaders. Read more

Financial executive and CSUN Nazarian College of Business and Economics alumnus Charles “Chuck” Noski has been named to the 2021 Accounting Hall of Fame by the American Accounting Association. Read more

A celebrity makeup label and its contract manufacturer are clashing over a transaction the manufacturer claims broke the parties’ agreement and revealed trade secrets to a major competitor. Read more

Today we’d like to introduce you to Faiza Rahman. Read more

As life returns to normal in the next year or so as the pandemic’s threat begins to ease, some things will never be the same, according to California State University, Northridge marketing professor Kristen Walker. Read more

The 2021 tax season is months away, but for California State University, Northridge’s ​Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic, the season marks the program’s 5oth anniversary of serving the public and low-income taxpayers.  Read more

Three California State University, Northridge alumni will share their experiences working in the entertainment industry to launch this semester’s virtual Distinguished Speaker Series hosted by CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics on Tuesday, Nov. 17, online via Zoom. Read more

Nazarian College alumnus, and Founder and CEO of Global4PL Supply Chain Consulting & Software, Sergio Retamal, was recently appointed to the Twelfth District Economic Advisory Council by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Read more

The Wurwand Foundation — a foundation that connects local entrepreneurs with funding, coaching and community through their key initiative, FOUND/LA — has committed to donating an additional $125,000 to David Nazarian College of Business and Economics’ Small Business Consulting program at California State University, Northridge. The foundation’s total giving to the program over time is $425,000. Read more

The CSUN David Nazarian College of Business and Economics has ranked No. 31 on Money Magazine’s  2020 list of “Best Colleges for Business Majors.” The ranking, which are separate from the university rankings, are based on education quality, affordability and the career payoff for undergraduate business majors. Read more

In MetroMBA's latest installment of their "5 Questions" series, they spoke with Assistant Director of Graduate Programs Sheila Brown. Here's what she had to say.  Read more

Some actions are more significant than others as corporate brands try to convince consumers that those companies believe in racial justice, according to a recent report by California State University, Northridge marketing professor Tina Kiesler. Read more

A program at California State University - Northridge will make business students available to help companies through the pandemic. 

"Our students are gaining real-world experience," said Chandra Subramaniam, dean of CSUN's business school. Read more

Nazarian College finance professor, Heather Castle, provides her expert opinion on questions regarding fair-credit credit cards.  Read more

Nazarian College Finance Professor, Dr. Siqi Wei, was featured in a Bloomberg News article about Malaysian tycoon, Lim Kok Thay's stake in cruise operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd. Read more

Melanie Stallings Williams, a professor of business law in CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, was appointed the executive director of the California State University Real Estate and Land Use Institute (RELUI) by Chancellor Timothy P. White. Read more

Nazarian College finance professor, Dr. Inga Timmerman, provides her expert opinion on questions regarding low interest credit cards.  Read more

May traditionally serves as a special time at California State University, Northridge, as the campus celebrates the graduation of its seniors. Concerns about the spread of COVID-19 have forced the postponement of this year’s commencement celebrations, but have not dampened the dreams of CSUN’s graduating class. Read more

Although experiences vary, many telecommuters enjoy increased autonomy, schedule flexibility, and a decrease in travel time, traffic issues and gas expenses. But California State University, Northridge marketing professor Qin Sun who teaches in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, cautioned that telecommuting can have some downsides. Read more

While the economic outlook after COVID-19 is uncertain, there are three things we are willing to predict for college graduates in the long run. College graduates will earn more than people with lower levels of education, graduates will be unemployed at lower rates than non-college graduates, and they will have access to a wider range of interesting and satisfying jobs. Read more

Bryan Longpre ’10 (Finance) has been throwing strikes his whole life. He was a student-athlete at CSUN before graduating and signing a professional baseball contract as a pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays, where he spent three years in the Blue Jays’ minor league system. Now, he is  a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley.  Read more

A team of researchers at California State University, Northridge has some advice for providers of services to the public: listen and respond to their customers, particularly to what your customers are saying on social media. Read more

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics has decided to suspend its free tax preparation services from March 16 through April 19.  Read more

California State University, Northridge alumnus Paul Dali will launch this semester’s Distinguished Speaker Series in CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics on Wednesday, March 11. Read more

Launching an ice cream company was not in the original cards for Wanderlust Creamery co-founders and married duo Adrienne Borlongan ’09 (Food Science) and Jon-Patrick “JP” Lopez ’08 (Business Law). In 2014, both were working successful jobs as a mixologist and a real estate attorney, respectively. Then, their sweet tooth opened a door. Read more

As federal regulators begin to crack down on tech companies such as YouTube, that have accessed and shared data from underage users, CSUN Nazarian College marketing professor Kristen Walker found one solution that lies in empowering children to protect their data and privacy online. Read more

Three batches of scrumptious snacks traveled on trays across the Ferman Presentation Room during the CSUN Fast Pitch finals hosted by CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics on Nov. 19, tempting audience members to take a tasty sample as they listened attentively to the student team behind the treats. Read more

Celebrating the legacy of the CSUN Nazarian College’s development and empowerment of California women business leaders, the college partnered with the Valley Industry and Commerce Association for a luncheon titled “Extraordinary Women in Leadership.” Panelists and special guest speaker Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis discussed the importance of women helping each other succeed. Read more

CSUN alumnus and media executive Bruce Gersh returned to offer students a peek into how he manages PEOPLE and EW magazines, some of the most iconic brands in the industry.  Read more

NASA has awarded California State University, Northridge a three-year, $3 million grant to establish a multidisciplinary research center at the university to study all aspects of Increasingly Autonomous (IA) systems, from such automated systems as autopilots to advanced systems with artificial intelligence able to adapt and evolve. Read more

​The CSUN Innovation Incubator is celebrating the recent success of four of its own alumni, who were accepted into the Amazon Alexa Accelerator in Seattle, which will connect their startup with mentors in the artificial intelligence (AI) community. Read more

CSUN has been ranked No. 6 on Wealthmanagement.com's list of Top 10 Colleges for Financial Planning.  Read more

Promoting peace and diversity, one business consulting plan at a time. Students in the Nazarian College MBA program are currently working on a plan to launch Emmy award-winning Mischa Segal’s new organization, The Forbidden Band. Read more

In an affirmation of its ongoing support for CSUN business students, KPMG Foundation has committed to a gift of $150,000 to fund the KPMG Endowment for Workforce Development in CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics. Read more

When exam time arrives, it’s not uncommon to see students gather in groups in the hallways of CSUN campus buildings or at the Delmar T. Oviatt Library for last-minute cram sessions. Throughout the semester, students may have questions about a quiz or may not understand the homework. Thankfully, peer tutors are there to help.

“Students feel less intimidated asking questions from a peer than asking a professor,” Williams said. “Such self-disclosure can lead to more opportunities for teachers to provide meaningful help.” Read more

For the second straight year, CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison and Chandra Subramaniam, dean of CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, were recognized in the Los Angeles Business Journal LA500, a list of the city’s most influential people. Read more

A recent study by faculty of CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business & Economics shows how to enrich real estate programs by incorporating student consulting projects. Read more

CSUN and UC Riverside students from a wide variety of majors got the chance to think like a big business at a recent case competition hosted by financial services giant Goldman Sachs (GS), held in cooperation with the CSUN David Nazarian College of Business and Economics.

“CSUN is one of the most accommodating campuses we travel to,” Eddy said. “We’re thrilled with the opportunity to recruit the brightest and best from here.” Read more

This spring, Danipour, Villa and fellow California State University, Northridge students Jenna Flynn and Tammy Nguyen formed an entrepreneurial team to develop a solution to this problem: an adjustable tray that molds to the shape of your front passenger seat, safely and securely holding take-out food and beverage trays.

For their invention, the NoSpill Systems team won first place and the audience choice prize at CSUN’s fourth annual Bull Ring New Venture Competition, hosted by the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics’ Entrepreneurship Program. The prize included $20,000 to help launch their product. Read more

“Game of Thrones” fans, meet the “Game of Cones.”

Wanderlust Creamery, the popular ice cream shop founded by California State University, Northridge alumni Jon-Patrick “JP” Lopez ’08 (Business Law) and Adrienne Borlongan ’09 (Food Science), is celebrating the final season of the HBO hit series with newly crafted flavors inspired by the show. Read more

Professor Melanie Stallings Williams co-authored an article, “Masters of the Universe: Bid Rigging By Private Equity Firms in Multibillion Dollar LBOs,” for the University of Cincinnati Law Review that throws the spotlight on a rare class-action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs – shareholders in companies purchased – demonstrated that some of the world’s largest private equity firms unlawfully colluded to ensure that they held down prices on the companies they were bidding to buy.

“I don’t think people realize that when this happens, it’s our money, yours and mine, that’s involved,” Williams said. “Yes, some of the shareholders are monied people, but some of the shareholders are retirement funds and the type of mutual funds that your grandmother owns. These aren’t just rich people they are taking advantage of. It’s you, me and the people we care about.” Read more

Bank of Hope has given California State University, Northridge $25,000 to support the university’s income tax preparation assistance program for low-income families and individuals.

The money will support the operations of CSUN’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic during the 2019 tax season. In addition to the money, bank employees have volunteered to serve as interpreters and greeters at many of the clinic’s sites throughout Los Angeles. Read more

Kramer, a multigenerational Matador and proud graduate of California State University, Northridge, has made an impact on Wall Street that few other men and women can claim: A lifelong leader in “boutique” investment banking firms and now founding partner and CEO of Ducera Partners, Kramer has helped forge some of the largest deals in modern financial history, including 2018’s $70-billion sale of agricultural giant Monsanto to Bayer A.G..

“I’m fortunate to have been at the forefront,” Kramer said. “I get a lot of credit for the deals people have read about, but I have seven partners at Ducera — I have a strong team that has been with me most of their careers. My success is all of ours." Read more

When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, the impact of a tax refund can be life-changing: Nagging debts repaid. Money saved for a child’s college education.

For nearly 50 years, California State University, Northridge’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic has provided cost-free expert tax assistance for families and individuals with low incomes, leading to such benefits, said Rafi Efrat, Bookstein Chair in Taxation and the director of the VITA Clinic. CSUN student volunteers have benefited as well, as they have earned IRS certification for tax preparation, giving them real-world experience and a professional head start. Read more

“I am thrilled to have CSUN’s VITA Clinic take the lead in embarking on a visionary collaboration with 11 academic institutions in Los Angeles to develop a model for a sustainable, institutionalized and systematic offering of free tax preparation services throughout Los Angeles County and beyond,” said accounting professor Rafi Efrat, Bookstein Chair in Taxation and the director of CSUN’s VITA Clinic.

Efrat received a $344,250 grant from the California Department of Community Services and Development to expand the program to include the CSU 5 VITA Initiative, named for the five California State University campuses — Northridge, Los Angeles, Dominguez Hills, Long Beach and Pomona — taking the lead on the project. Read more

Chaos may prevail in Washington, but as Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

To help with the latter, California State University, Northridge’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic is offering free tax preparation assistance to low-income families and individuals, including non-English speakers, people with disabilities and veterans, from Jan. 28 through April 13 at CSUN and satellite locations throughout Los Angeles County. Read more

In November, California State University, Northridge students got a chance to see how leading-edge technology can be a powerful tool for societal change at the “Artificial Intelligence x Social Entrepreneurship” workshop. Read more

In preparation for the high-stakes “Bull Ring” New Venture Competition in Spring, which comes with tens of thousands of dollars in prizes, students practiced putting their best pitch forward at the fourth annual Fast Pitch New Venture Competition. Read more

Hundreds of California State University, Northridge accounting, business, entrepreneurship and marketing students packed the university’s Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 13 for Workforce of the Future, a partnership program between CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, IBM, and global accounting and audit firm KPMG. Read more

Vaish oversees a team of product managers, designers and content creators at Tesla with the goal of providing users with the most informative, innovative and captivating experience on the website, on mobile, in retail stores and inside the actual vehicle. Read more

CSUN alumnus Bruce Gersh is the president of People, People En Español and Entertainment Weekly. Read more

Dean Subramaniam is featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal's LA500 list of Most-Influential People.  Read more

Carl Carande landed his first job at an on-campus interview just before graduating from California State University, Northridge. In the years since, his degree has taken him to New York City to oversee the United States advisory practice for a global network of professional service firms. Read more

During the Spring 2018 semester, California State University, Northridge students Ashley Nobel ’18 (Financial Planning) and Bonnie Dang ’17 (Finance) clinched third place at the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC) competition, after submitting a financial plan based on a real-world situation. Competing against more than 70 participants, Nobel and Dang’s first-ever competition proved to be highly successful. Read more

Bank of Hope has given California State University, Northridge $20,000 to help expand the university’s income tax preparation assistance program for low-income families and individuals. Read more

U.S. potato-grower cooperatives in the early 2000s deployed drones and scanned satellite images as they colluded to reduce the amount of potatoes grown across the country in an effort to increase their profits, according to a report by California State University, Northridge business law professor Melanie Stallings Williams. Read more

Former Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel has spent her life giving back to the community — whether serving on the staffs of the mayor of Los Angeles and the President of the United States or as an elected official herself. Read more

California State University, Northridge’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics was selected to host the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) National Conference in January 2018. Read more

You’re invited to the MBA and Graduate Programs in Business Open House on Saturday, Sept. 17! If you’re thinking about a graduate degree in business, get your questions answered in person by professors, alumni and program directors. Read more

Every time you make a Google search, post on Facebook, play Candy Crush, send a tweet or take a photo on Snapchat, you are leaving a piece of yourself — information about who you are, your habits, your tastes, your family, your friends — behind, whether you want to or not. It is that unintentional “surrender” of information that has California State University, Northridge marketing professor Kristen L. Walker concerned. Continue reading about trust on the web. Read more

Thanks to the David Nazarian College of Business, CSUN Associated Students, a Digital Trust Foundation grant, and Bill Imada (Chairman and Chief Connectivity Officer of the IW Group), nine students from the American Marketing Association (AMA) traveled to New Orleans to attend the annual AMA International Collegiate Conference (AMAICC). The 2016 attendees included Ilya Albert, Katrina Beltran, Sebastian Blanc, Collin Glueck, Daniel Lawson, Summer Malone, Andres Nieto, Heather Ticzon, and Nickolaus Violin. Read more

Congratulations to Professor Joy Griffin and the Spring 2015 BUS 497BBH (Business Honors Capstone) student team, Nadia Ali, Brandon Kaufman, Eduard Martirosov, and Lilianna Stelmach, whose comprehensive business plan took 2nd place nationally at the annual SBI competition! Read more

The CSUN David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, in partnership with our on-campus incubator LACI@CSUN, is pleased to announce the inaugural Bull Ring New Venture Competition! Read more

California State University, Northridge is known for its great efforts in keeping students on the track to success. For many students, that track continues even after graduation. Read more

The 17th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards was a celebration of what’s possible with a California State University, Northridge education, as graduates who went on to successful careers in art, entertainment and entrepreneurship were honored on April 18 at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village. Read more

California State University, Northridge’s Small Business Institute graduate and undergraduate teams last month walked away with first-place prizes from the national Small Business Institute’s (SBI) Project of the Year competition for work done in the 2014 school year. Read more

The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Read more

Nazarian College faculty members have come in for top awards for their groundbreaking work in scholarship and pedagogy over the last two months. Read more

FOX continued its partnership again this semester with California State University, Northridge’s College of Business and Economics in Fall 2013, providing students with a rare opportunity to create a marketing campaign for Fox Deportes. Read more

Wells Fargo Center for Small Business & Entrepreneurship is competing against two large Advertising Firms to create the new marketing campaign for CSUN Read more

Cal State Northridge was one of only 25 universities nationally chosen to select a student to receive a $2,000 Undergraduate Real Estate Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation, a leading foundation for the real estate industry and non-profit public charity of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Read more

Hundreds of business, industry and organization leaders gathered for the annual VICA Business Forecast Conference to learn about economic, financial, real estate and population trends in the Greater Los Angeles area. Read more

For the past several months, President Barack Obama has been pushing for a new rating system for colleges that, among other things, would judge schools on performance, including the success of their graduates. Read more