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BERKELEY, Calif. — Jessi Fernandez joined a street gang at 13. By his 20s, he had been shot at more times than he could count. He got busted for methamphetamine possession and spent time in Los Angeles County jail for carrying a loaded gun. Yet the persistent danger didn't wash…

There have been murmurings about ChatGPT quality sliding in recent months. New research demonstrates some severe quantifiable degradation.

Gabriel Trujillo, a 31-year-old University of California, Berkeley graduate student, was shot and killed in Mexico while conducting field research, according to friends and family.

Data from Universities of California and Michigan show how the bans have adversely affected Black and Indigenous student enrollment

Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.

It had only been a week since graduation and these teenagers were giddy. Summer sprawled out in front of them. College is just a few months away — a future some still can't believe will be theirs.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions is certain to ripple across higher education for years. Debate in the lead-up to the court’s decision has ignited passions about accessibility, fairness and merit in the complex admissions process — and stirred up some misconceptions about affirmative…

LOS ANGELES — Elijah Calderon, after a yearlong training program at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, is poised to earn about $105,000 annually as a power lineman. Once he becomes a journeyman in three to four years, he stands to make about $165,000 — and potentially much more with overtime.

The US supreme court has banned the use of affirmative-action policies that have been in place for decades