The Michael D. Eisner College of Education will open a temporary site for a new Learning Achievement Center while it seeks funds for a permanent building. The temporary site will house and develop a new interdisciplinary approach to train teachers on the different ways they can support K-12 students who are struggling in school, said College of Education officials.

Several weeks have passed since many Americans have seen throngs of people participating in marches and boycotts against immigration reforms currently being debated in Congress. Although streets are no longer lined with people, efforts by CSUN students and professors to change immigration laws in the United States have not ended.

A $1 million budget that was originally allocated for faculty recruitment this year by CSUN President Jolene Koester was instead used for upgrading a series of computer labs on campus throughout the year, according to administration officials. “The reason for that is most of the ($1 million) would otherwise go for faculty salaries,” said John Chandler, CSUN spokesperson.

Cada a?o, aproximadamente 65,000 estudiantes indocumentados se grad?an de la preparatoria. Una tercera parte se inscriben en la universidad bajo la ley AB540, seg?n datos proporcionados por la Coalici?n para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes de Los ?ngeles (CHIRLA).

Parts of a bill in the California State Assembly that would have changed the status of undocumented students that allows them to pay resident fees at California state colleges and universities were removed to only include modifying residency status for military personnel.

Quezada is a student who may not have a future. No matter how hard Quezada works or does well in school, chances are no one will hire Quezada for anything other than menial labor. Quezada is an undocumented student and if the congress passes a Senate’s version of the immigration bill, Quezada world will change.

Student members of dean and associate dean search and screening committees could soon get the right to vote for candidates. Under current policies, student members of search committees for deans and associate deans are non-voting, but students are allowed to vote on search committees for vice presidents in administrative positions and other administrative employees.

The 1915 Armenian genocide was commemorated by more than 200 Armenian-American students, parents, CSUN faculty and community members as they gathered for a candlelight vigil April 20 on the Matador Bookstore Lawn. The Armenian Student Association held its annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the estimated 1.

Academic freedom, a topic recently causing heated local and national legal debate, was discusssed at the first two days of the Defining Academic Freedom Conference on at the Sierra Center. “Academic freedom is crucial for any society that wants to continue to get better,” said keynote speaker, Evan Gerstmann, chair of the Political Science department at Loyola Marymount University.