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UC System Reports Record Number of Applications for Fall 2015 Semester
The University of California received a record number of applications from an increasingly diverse pool of candidates, with more than a third of them Latinos for the first time, officials announced Monday. Overall, 193,873 students sought entrance to at least one of UC's nine undergraduate campuses for fall 2015, a 5.8% increase over the number of applications for fall 2014, according to preliminary data.
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Audio: The History of America’s News Media and What Went Wrong
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about his new book, America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform.
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Pixar, Oregon Ducks and How Culture Builds Winning Teams
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring an essay titled “Speaking While Female.”
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Audio: From Marches to Movies, The ‘Selma’ Story Today
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the new film ‘Selma’ and how the civil rights movement of the 1960s is still relevant today.
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The Talking Cure
Mark Liberman and Annette Lareau of the School of Arts & Sciences are cited.
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Obama’s Free-College Plan Evokes Spirit of Historic Higher Ed Acts
With a proposal that would send millions of students to community colleges free, President Obama joins a line of national leaders who have asked taxpayers to foot other people’s tuition bills for the greater public good.
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Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy
President Obama on Monday will call for federal legislation intended to force American companies to be more forthcoming when credit card data and other consumer information are lost in an online breach like the kind that hit Sony, Tar
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Psychologist Paul Rozin on Wasting Food
Paul Rozin of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for his thoughts on wasting food.
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53 Historians Weigh In on Barack Obama’s Legacy
Thomas Sugrue of the School of Arts & Sciences contributes his thoughts on the legacy of President Obama.
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A Signal of Distaste for Dynasties Bodes Ill for Bush, Clinton
Peter Hart of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is mentioned for conducting a focus group where voters talked about candidates for the next presidential campaign.