Teresa Watanabe covers education for the Los Angeles Times. Since joining the Times in 1989, she has covered immigration, ethnic communities, religion, Pacific Rim business and served as Tokyo correspondent and bureau chief. She also covered Asia, national affairs and state government for the San Jose Mercury News and wrote editorials for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. A Seattle native, she graduated from USC in journalism and in East Asian languages and culture.
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The College Board will scrap its SAT subject tests and optional essay, with an intention to ‘reduce and simplify demands on students.’
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The University of California takes the college brag sheet to a new level with a 123-page report of jobs created, research performed, students served.
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Caltech will remove the name of its founding president and first Nobel laureate, William A. Millikan, from campus buildings because of his support of eugenics, joining universities across the nation in repudiating those who backed the racist movement.
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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.
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The University of California plans to bring students back to its 10 campuses for mostly in-person classes beginning in fall 2021.
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The budget plan unveiled today by Gov. Gavin Newsom underscores his desire to open campuses for K-12 students through $2 billion in grants and other measures.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced opposition to any tuition increase at the University of California and California State University for the fall but provided more funding for them in his 2021-22 higher education budget proposal than some campus leaders expected.
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Rose Ochi, a trailblazing Los Angeles attorney for civil rights, criminal justice reform and Japanese American causes, has died at 81.
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As the pandemic deepens economic instability among many families, the UCLA Foundation has contributed an extra $5 million this year to help struggling students.
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COVID-19 brings good news and bad news as University of California draws a record number of applicants, while Cal States see application numbers fall.