Source: Ed Source Representation matters, especially in the classroom. Students can do better when they are instructed by a person who looks like them. As California is challenged by fiscal uncertainties, school districts are bracing themselves to establish their own budget priorities. Now more than ever, it is time for school districts to protect and realize their promises of establishing and maintaining teacher diversity that is reflective of the students and communities they serve. Two years ago, the Los Angeles Unified School Board demonstrated its commitment to Black students, educators and families by passing a resolution on Black student excellence through educator ... Read More
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CSUDH Partners with LA Community Colleges
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during a Board of Trustees meeting at the district’s headquarters on Dec. 13 that will ensure the seamless recruitment, retention, and graduation of LACCD students at CSUDH. The partnership will provide better support to LACCD students intending to transfer to CSUDH, increase the transfer rate of LACCD students to CSUDH, and improve the number of students from the district attending a four-year college. Under the agreement, CSUDH will guarantee admission to all LACCD applicants who complete minimum CSU admissions requirements, and will also expand ... Read More
L.A. Times: Earning a Master’s Degree in Prison Now Possible in ‘Groundbreaking’ California Program
Source: Los Angeles Times IONE, Calif. — Decades ago as a little boy growing up in Santa Rosa, Luke Scott made a pledge to his mom that he would graduate from college one day. Despite being sentenced to life in prison for murder without the possibility of parole in 1988, Scott kept his promise. Scott, 60, earned his first of eight associate’s degrees from Coastline Community College in 2010 while at Salinas Valley State Prison. His mother kept a copy of his first degree hanging on the wall so she could boast of her son’s accomplishments. Twelve years later, long after his mother died in 2011, Scott went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State while ... Read More
Child Development Center Earns NAEYC Accreditation
2023 has become an especially noteworthy year for the CSUDH Child Development Center. Run by Associated Students, Inc., the center has long been a trusted child care provider for students, employees, and the surrounding community. This year, in addition to its 50th anniversary, the center is celebrating a new accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The Child Development Center (CDC) has played an integral role at CSUDH since its inception in 1973, when it was established to provide affordable, accessible child care to student-parents and employees. The center continues that mission today under the leadership of Program Director Candace ... Read More
Partnership Aims to Strengthen Health Sector
Educational leaders and healthcare professionals from South Los Angeles met on the CSUDH campus this week to sign the Compton Community Health Professions Partnership that will promote healthcare careers among secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students, and address persistent disparities in healthcare outcomes for local communities of color. Representatives from Compton Unified School District (CUSD), Compton College, Charles Drew University, St. John’s Community Health, and Kedren Health joined Assemblymember Mike Gipson (CA-65) and CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham for a signing ceremony at the Leo F. Cain Library. “I’m a firm believer that without vision, the people will ... Read More