Education

UC Riverside’s six-year graduation rate has hit 77.3 percent, breaking last year’s record of 76 percent, according to data released last week. The school’s underrepresented minority students who began classes as freshman in 2014 also performed well: 81.8 percent of Asian students graduated by 2020, as well as 78.4 percent …

The University of Redlands plans to return to in-person instruction this fall. Courses at the college of arts and sciences and the schools of business, education, theology, and continuing studies are all expected to return to the classroom this September, according to a statement on the university’s website. The college …

Four school districts in Riverside County will be allowed to return to in-person instruction, now that the county’s daily COVID-19 cases are fewer than 25 per 100,000 residents. Riverside County reached that milestone Tuesday, which means that K-6 classes may resume if they have an approved safety plan that conforms …

UC Riverside has received a record number of applications for its fall 2021 semester. 52,263 applications were received for the upcoming freshman class, about 3,000 more than were received one year ago for the fall 2020 semester, the previous record, according to a statement on the university’s website. “The applications …

Cal State San Bernardino President Tomas D. Morales and a group of students, alumni and faculty are meeting virtually this week with state legislators and government officials. The sessions, which began Tuesday and are scheduled to last through Friday, are part of Advocacy Day, in which representatives from the 23 …

Cal State San Bernardino’s online criminal justice and MBA programs have been named among the best programs of their kind in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. The online master’s degree criminal justice program, which is part of the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was ranked …