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HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | INNOVATION
California's campuses are among the country's most prolific at receiving patents, and that means more income and greater prestige. UC has led nationally for 12 years.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | CAMPUS SETTINGS
College is the great id of American movies. In the early days of film, universities were largely settings for outlandish comic escapades.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | FASHION
From top hats to back tats, from corsets to navel rings, college fashion over the last 125 years has increasingly stripped down, with students shedding inhibitions along with their clothes.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | DREAM MACHINES
Art Center College of Design has produced many of the automotive world's brightest stars, belying the school's low-profile location.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | FINANCING
Regardless of income, financing higher education is matter of filing the applications.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | LITERATURE
School is a unifying experience, one that almost everybody shares. Perhaps that's why so much has been written about it, including the children's books of Barbara Park and the novels of James Hilton and John Knowles. Still, of all the levels of education, higher learning is the most compelling, perhaps because it's where we learn to be adults. Here, then, are 10 books, fiction and nonfiction, that look at colleges and graduate schools across the country from the perspective of both faculty and students, and in so doing, tell us something about the role of academia in our lives.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | THE TIMELINE
California's educational system dates to 1849, but new campuses are still being added.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | STUDENT STUNTS
Whether it's a grudge match against `Stanfurd' or indignities heaped on Tommy Trojan, students use their brainpower to fuel feuds.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | CLASSROOMS OF TOMORROW
Online classes are only the start of how schools are looking at ways to use high-tech gear and change the way students learn.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | FOOD
Culinary trends evolve (consomme a la princess, anyone?), but complaints about school fare are eternal.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | FILM SCHOOLS
Perhaps the only people who brag more about their illustrious alumni than Ivy Leaguers are the deans of film schools.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | TREASURES
Mark Twain's papers, AIDS posters, stuffed penguins and photographic treasures: Institutions gather troves of historical materials.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | ARTWORKS
The state's colleges and universities are home to vast collections of art, whether donated or commissioned. Many are on public view.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | NAMESAKES
An early death, big money, beloved character, academic brilliance: Those are some attributes that get a prominent building or plaza named after you at one of California's colleges and universities. Many schools boast landmarks bearing the monikers of generous alumni. But some can tout landmarks named after a U.S. president, the author of children's books or a motherly custodian. Here is a sampling from across the state, with a bias for architectural and historical distinction.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | THE PIONEERS
Santa Clara University and the University of the Pacific both boast of being the oldest. True bragging rights are a matter of degree.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | PROTESTS
The Free Speech Movement serves as a model for antiwar rallies, but violence increasingly becomes a factor.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | THE MASTER PLAN
After decades, the state's tiered college system enrolls anyone and endures as an example to the world, though some suggest updating it.
125 YEARS | EDUCATION | AN INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE
California first marched itself into the big, bruising realm of higher education with a mortarboard on its head and a chip on its shoulder.
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