The Los Angeles Times will no longer use "internment" to describe the mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

The coronavirus crisis prompts the University of California and California State University to temporarily suspend some admission requirements.

UC president recommends suspending the SAT and ACT as admissions requirements, proposing instead a plan to make them optional for two years.

The University of California has slammed the door shut on standardized testing for admissions, saying no alternative to the SAT can avoid bias based on race, income.

Jonathan Cornejo, a Los Angeles high school senior and son of a single immigrant mother, got into his dream University of California campus but couldn't afford to go. Then strangers stepped up.

Hours of violence that unfolded overnight at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on UCLA's campus prompted administrators to cancel classes on Wednesday and has triggered questions about authorities'...

The University of California has fully divested from all fossil fuels, the nation's largest university to do so as pressure grows at Harvard, Stanford and other campuses to join the fight against...

A respiratory therapist's view of how the worst cases of COVID fare. They rarely end well.

UCLA shatters national records for freshman applications as more than 139,000 high school seniors seek entry for fall. UC has record numbers overall.

The UCLA police chief is facing scrutiny for what three sources told The Times were serious security lapses before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment. He rejects the claims.

UC Berkeley disavowed a research fund for eugenics it had kept for decades after a campus bioethicist and others protested. But eugenic ideology remains embedded in science today.

Nearly 48,000 University of California graduate students -- the backbone of the esteemed higher education system who research, mentor and teach undergraduates -- are poised to strike.

USC cites safety reasons in canceling the upcoming graduation speech of pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking onstage at her ceremony.

The students in this high school are the children of mostly low-wage immigrant workers. But they're pursuing big college dreams as a new generation that's reshaping the face of higher education.

Asna Tabassum was selected as USC valedictorian and offered a slot to speak at graduation. The university canceled her speech after pro-Israel groups criticized her Instagram.

When Cathy Lee looked into her father's killing in South L.A., she found the suspect had allegedly attacked another Asian man days prior. Now she wants answers.

The Times once ran alarmist stories about "heathen Chinee" and supported the incarceration Japanese Americans during World War II. We've since made headway, but we still need to improve coverage of...

University of California graduate student workers ratified a new labor agreement that will boost wages by up to 80%, ending a historic strike that upended fall term finals and grading.

The massive and successful strike by University of California academic workers has helped energize an unprecedented surge of labor organizing among their peers nationwide.

UC regents vote to suspend SAT and ACT testing requirements for admission, marking a turning point in the debate over standardized test scores.

John Eastman, the former Trump lawyer who helped foment the plan to invalidate the 2020 election results, left the Chapman University law faculty last year. But his legacy still sparks campus...

Caltech is dropping requirements for high school calculus, chemistry and physics courses for students without access to them and will offer other ways to demonstrate knowledge in those fields.

In a historic shift, Latinos pass Asian Americans as the largest ethnic group admitted to the University of California freshman class for fall 2020.

Shohei Ohtani, the two-way Japanese baseball superstar and now Dodgers ace, gives them pride over representation at the highest level in a field relatively few of them tread.

UC's provost and the chancellors of Berkeley and Santa Cruz say the SAT and ACT should not be required for admission to California's premier public university system.

The administration drops a rule that would have made international students transfer schools or leave the U.S. if their college classes were online.

UCLA announced plans to expand in downtown Los Angeles with the purchase of the historic Trust Building for satellite classes, a move to widen access at the nation's most popular university and help...

The University of California intends to take a groundbreaking step to authorize hiring immigrant students who lack legal status and will explore how to do so in a six-month study.

The UC admitted a record number of California first-year students for fall 2023, led by Latinos and an increase in Native Americans who helped make up the largest ever group of underrepresented...

It took hours for police to push away counterprotesters and bring calm to UCLA's campus, raising questions about whether the campus was prepared.

Two alums who fought for ethnic studies as student protesters in the 1960s have donated $10 million to the UCLA Institute of American Culture, the largest such gift, to endow posts in Asian American,...

A lower court order in response to a lawsuit would force UC Berkeley to slash its incoming class by one-third.

The push to admit more Californians comes amid demands to narrow entry to out-of-state and international applicants to free more seats for residents.

A collective research effort has cropped up to name and shame the pro-Israel demonstrators who carried out violence at UCLA. Distrusting police to deliver justice, people are taking it upon themsel...

UC Riverside has high proportions of low-income, first generation and underrepresented minority students. Faculty members say the campus is not getting its fair share of funding.

USC trustees approved far-reaching reforms aimed at correcting the insular leadership that failed to effectively handle several scandals over the past few years.

Can brash and bold Arizona State University teach the University of California and California State University how to enroll more resident students with online learning, advanced technology tools and...

MacKenzie Scott announced donations of $2.7 billion to 286 organizations. More than three dozen of the recipients in Scott's latest round of giving are California community colleges and universities,...

The UC requirement underscores the uncertainty over campus health protocols as the Delta variant spreads.

The College Board will scrap its SAT subject tests and optional essay, with an intention to 'reduce and simplify demands on students.'

After a five-week strike that shut down classes and labs and unleashed grading turmoil, UC and graduate student workers reached a tentative agreement Friday.

A state appellate court has issued a final ruling that stops UC Berkeley from building student housing at People's Park.

After tensions led USC to drop its valedictorian and keynote speaker from its main commencement ceremony, the school canceled its largest graduation event.

The legislation would take effect immediately and retroactively, allowing UC Berkeley to maintain its original in-person fall class.

At USC, police in riot gear arrested 93 pro-Palestinian protestors, while UCLA sent in observers who kept their hands off students in a peaceful encampment.

A space crunch is projected to intensify in coming years just as the need for highly skilled workers in California grows.

The UC system was hit with new pressure to drop the SAT by groups alleging the tests discriminate against disabled, low-income and underrepresented minority students.

A former UCLA lecturer taken into custody Tuesday for threatening mass violence was barred by a Los Angeles judge last year from going near a University of California professor he vowed to kill.

A new UC standardized exam to replace the SAT and ACT as an admissions requirement is not feasible to develop, two expert panels have concluded.

The strike of 48,000 University of California workers may have long-lasting consequences to the system's teaching and research excellence, some fear.

The UCLA police chief is facing scrutiny for what three sources told The Times were serious security lapses before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment. He rejects the claims.