Julia Barajas
I explore how college students achieve their goals — whether they’re fresh out of high school, or going back for the first time in years — and what support they get along the way.
My exposure to college began when I was a high school senior. In all my years of schooling, I’d never been assigned anything written by a person of Mexican descent, despite growing up in L.A. County. So when a brochure for East Los Angeles College appeared in my family’s mailbox, I tried out dual enrollment, and took an introductory Chicano Literature course. We read everything from Tomás Rivera’s “... And the Earth Did Not Devour Him” to Bernice Zamora’s “Notes from a Chicana ‘COED.’” And what I learned there — about writing, about history, and about myself — stayed with me. It informed my decision to major in literature and Latin American studies when I went on to earn a four-year degree, and it continues to shape the work I do now.
My hope is that all college students will get a similar chance to chart a course for themselves, guided by their own curiosities and ambitions.
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Student researchers, teaching assistants and post-docs at UCLA and UC Davis went on strike Tuesday, expanding a strike that began at UC Santa Cruz earlier in May. -
If a state agency says the University of California's academic workers can't stay on strike, "a whole cascade of bad things" could happen.
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The union that represents academic workers across the University of California system, has called on members at UCLA and UC Davis to join its strike on Tuesday, May 28.
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The stand-up strikes are meant to call attention to what members say are unfair labor practices.
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Among other demands, student workers and researchers want amnesty for students arrested over the past month.
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It currently costs $555 to renew the permit online and $605 to renew it by mail.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised plan reduces funding for key higher education programs.
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A new state report signals that the rates far exceed those at public universities.
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The museum has vowed to continue fighting for its possession of the ancient Greek statue.
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A facility in Vernon has reached a $400,000 settlement with air quality regulators.
