A message from Chancellor Howard Gillman: Guidance on the Executive Order Affecting Visa Processes and Entry into the United States Dear UCI community: Yesterday President Trump signed an executive order suspending entry into the United States for various categories of travelers. The order apparently includes refugees, immigrants, non-immigrant visa holders, and lawful U.S. permanent [...]
New York Times’ article ranks UCI as #4 in upward mobility, with 81% of students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution ending up in the top three-fifths. Read the full article New York Times article.
UC-UCI HBCU Faculty Forum Rescheduled to February 15, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, HIB 137 Dear Colleagues, A forum to provide application guidance and tips on the University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) Initiative has been rescheduled to 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Humanities Instructional Building 137. [...]
NPR News - KPCC January 6, 2017 "New research shows broad academic benefits for students taking ethnic studies classes" Excerpt: Public school districts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Long Beach and about a dozen others have started ethnic studies classes in recent years. But they’ve done so without a key ingredient: academic [...]