Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Higher Education Reporter (he/him)I explore the nuances of how students navigate higher education on their way to graduation.
Over the last 20-plus years I've covered a lot of what makes L.A. L.A. — transportation, K-12 education, municipal politics and art, and I’ve profiled many of our most creative visual and performing artists.
I’ve found this wide range of reporting experience helps me in my current beat.
I was born in Mexico City and grew up in Tijuana and San Diego. I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up my Spanish and that’s helped me stay connected to my Mexican culture, and the cultures of Latin America.
I’ve put in a lot of miles driving around Southern California to report, and that’s led me to love how distinct each neighborhood is: in geography, architecture, warmth, and food.
I’ve won the LA Press Club’s 2006 Radio Journalist of the Year and other awards. I live with my family in Long Beach.
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Arts and Entertainment
The music of mariachi legend Vicente Fernandez reminds SoCal fans of many things: love, our best and worst qualities, and what it means to be Mexican. -
Education
It's hard enough for colleges and universities to verify vaccination status. They also have insure unvaccinated people comply.
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Education
College campuses have a mixed bag of COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies. All campuses say their policies are best for students and employees.
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Education
College students who are parents had an especially hard time keeping up during the shutdown. Fall campus re-openings may prove to be yet another big challenge for these students.
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Education
One California State University professor said the new community college ethnic studies requirement may lead to fewer such classes on her campus — and that's OK.
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Education
The need to work, and a sense of disconnection during the pandemic, are seen as the main culprits behind high dropout rates among Black and Latino male college students.
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Education
The state budget proposal would restore funds cut from California public universities during the pandemic. But legislators want more in-state students to benefit.
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Education
Community college students in distance learning have been complaining of another pandemic-era wrinkle: “ghost professors” who are hard to reach and engage with.
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Education
Approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is expected this year, but the University of California won’t wait for it and tells campuses to require vaccines.
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Education
Cal State LA students, faculty, and alumni join forces to acknowledge Native American graduates and assert their space on campus along the way.
