Tag Archives: Education

UC Riverside has received a $1 million grant that it will use to help address California’s teacher shortage, and the state’s need to diversify the teachers it does have. The donation, from the Inland Empire Regional K-16 Education, will also help pay for a program that studies poor academic performance among …

Chaffey College’s accreditation has been extended for seven years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school’s administrators, faculty and staff spent two years securing the extension, which is based on “student learning, long-range planning for facilities and technology and interaction between faculty and students in distance education,” …

UC Riverside had an enrollment of 26,426 students during the 2023 fall semester, a 10-year increase of more than 5,000 students, according to a statement. The number of California freshmen enrolled last fall – 5,209 – was the second-highest in UC Riverside’s history and only 10 students fewer than the campus record …

California State University professors and lecturers returned to work Jan. 23 after walking off the job for one day. CSU officials and representatives from the California Faculty Association announced a tentative agreement Jan. 22 that raised wages, ending what was going to be a five-day strike, according to multiple reports. …

UC Riverside has been recognized for its community-related research and its work with Inland schools, nonprofit and businesses. The Carnegie Foundation, a philanthropic entity founded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie in 1911, awarded UC Riverside its Elective Classification for Community Engagement, according to a statement on the university’s website. The …

Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for Aging has received a $747,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The money will pay for research that will help determine if social activities can reduce cognitive decline and dementia among older people, according to a statement on the university’s website. “I’m proud …