@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social
Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
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@latimes.comReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialUCLA vice chancellor sues to block release of probe into allegations of bullying and misspending
@latimes.comReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social'USC is not afraid to change.' New provost vows to rebuild lost trust in higher education
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialThe EPA agreed to permanently restore about $19 million in canceled UC research grants under a proposed federal-court settlement, including studies on wildfire smoke health effects and water management. The deal covers 24 grants and 35 UC researchers: www.latimes.com/california/s...
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialThe DOJ alleges that UC San Francisco’s medical school illegally favored Black and Latino applicants over white and Asian applicants in admissions.
UCSF disputes the finding. DOJ has asked UCSF to respond changes to admissions Oct. 2 and says it may sue.
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialGov. Newsom on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have opened paid campus jobs to undocumented students at public colleges, his second rejection of the proposal in 2 years:
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialGov. Newsom on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have opened paid campus jobs to undocumented students at public colleges, his second rejection of the proposal in 2 years:
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialA federal judge has temporarily restricted the University of California’s ability to enforce a portion of its anti-harassment policy involving misgendering.
The order protects members of the conservative group Defending Education while its lawsuit moves forward.
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialThe head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division on the controversy at UCLA over the chancellor's statement on a 9/11 law school symposium: “Insane faculty undermining the very survival of their institutions” x.com/aagdhillon/s...
@latimes.comReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialA conservative win: UC temporarily blocked from enforcing transgender name and pronoun rules
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialCommunity colleges will be able to offer bachelor’s degrees that duplicate programs at CSU & UC, clearing the way for the biggest changes in decades to degree-granting authority at the state’s public university systems, under legislation approved Friday by Gov. Newsom www.latimes.com/california/s...
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialCommunity colleges will be able to offer bachelor’s degrees that duplicate programs at CSU & UC, clearing the way for the biggest changes in decades to degree-granting authority at the state’s public university systems, under legislation approved Friday by Gov. Newsom www.latimes.com/california/s...
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialUCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement distancing the campus from a law school 9/11 symposium is drawing growing faculty backlash, as law professors write that his words are “not befitting of a leader” and threaten academic freedom.
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialAn additional perspective from a UCLA law school professor: bsky.app/profile/aaro...
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialA faculty member’s thread on the UCLA chancellor’s statement criticizing the UCLA law school 9/11 symposium. “The idea that anyone was advancing support for the attacks is absurd”
@latimes.comReposted by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialTeaching 9/11 to a generation that didn't live through it: 'We just heard tales of it'
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.socialNEW: UC’s admissions board has abruptly shelved its plan to study bringing back SAT/ACT -- in a move that leaves the direction of one of the university’s most closely watched debates unclear a day before the Board of Regents meets in San Francisco: www.latimes.com/california/s...
