Daily Sundial

California budgets $1 billion more to prisons than higher education and leaves students hanging

Hansook Oh • September 19, 2012

Imagine a society that spends more money on keeping its prison system alive rather than educating their citizens. Imagine a society where you soon might have more youth spending time behind bars than...

Staff Editorial: Students need to improve activism for real change

Daily Sundial • August 26, 2012

Many...

Let’s stand up for education together: A California assemblyman’s work to save education

Contributor • March 12, 2012

By California Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield I was thrilled last week when thousands of students from across California rallied around the State Capitol to speak out against further budget cuts at...

CSUN hosts conference that discusses the future of California’s public education amidst budget cuts

Administrator • April 23, 2011

Students demanded a question and answer session with CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in an event held at CSUN. Reed obliged. “CSU: in the next 50 years” addressed education issues at the conference...

CSU collects data from teachers in the field to improve education curicula

Reanna Delgadillo • April 10, 2011

Faculty at CSUs across California are taking another step in ensuring the success of their teachers in K-12 schools to make it the best environment for both student and teachers. The CSU Center for...

Adaptive technology eliminates roadblocks to education for disabled students

Christiaan Patterson • February 8, 2011

CSUN students with disabilities are encouraged to seek assistance and support from the Center on Disabilities and professors for aid necessary to ensure academic success. Across the nation, the...

CSUN’s diverse campus counters education gap

Alison Geller • February 8, 2011

Although the 2010 U.S. Census reported the national percentage of students obtaining college degrees has steadily increased along with the ever-present racial gap, the CSUN campus is an exception to the...

CSU launches initiative to study high-performing schools in disadvantaged areas

Reanna Delgadillo • February 6, 2011

The California State University (CSU) and business owners statewide have undertaken the task of reforming the California K-12 public school system by gathering data and practices from high-performing schools...

CSUN alumna receives Great American Teacher Award

Marissa Kindelspire • December 8, 2010

When Genein Letford wanted to teach her third graders about architecture, she did not just flip open a textbook and copy information on a chalkboard. Instead, she rounded the children up and took...

Students return to school for master’s degrees due to economy

Contributor • December 6, 2010

One week after Neal Winn, 30, graduated from Connecticut College in 2002, he was employed with the Hartford Insurance Group. It took Winn a year before he realized insurance was not his business and...

Grant helps students get teacher credentials through college of education

Christina Toroyan • December 1, 2010

CSUN’s College of Education will implement a program that will help high-need students attain higher education to become teachers. Along with five other CSU campuses, CSUN will share a $3 million...

The iPad coming to university campuses?

Rima Bek • October 1, 2010

Do you want to be part of a university program where you are given or loaned an iPad to utilize for your education for free? If you attend schools such as Duke University, Oklahoma State, or the University...