Education

Construction will begin this summer on a four-story building at UC Riverside that will be used for instructional education. Approved recently by the UC Board of Regents, the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility will cover 100,700 square feet and seat 1,700 students, according to a  statement on the university’s website. …

Cal State San Bernardino will break ground next month on the building that will be home to its Master of Science in Physician Assistant (MSPA) program. The 27-month program will operate out of the renovated Yasuda Center for Extended Learning, a 15,600 square-foot building on the west end of the campus. …

Two online programs at Cal State San Bernardino have been named among the best in the United States by a prominent online news magazine. The school’s graduate criminal justice program ranked 44th and its MBA program ranked 137th on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Online Programs.  The criminal …

The University of California has received more than 250,000 applications for the fall 2024 semester, a 1.5 percent year-over-year increase driven by an increase in applications from transfer students and California residents. Forty-seven percent of the first-year applicants were from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in higher education, a …

An Inland medical school has received provisional accreditation from an organization that evaluates medical schools in the United States. The medical school at the California University of Science and Medicine in Colton received the stamp of approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which is recognized by the U.S. …

Members of the union that represents California State University teachers have approved a contract that will raise their pay by 10 percent within the next six months. The agreement, which 76 percent of the association’s membership voted to accept, is expected to be ratified by Cal State’s board of trustees next …