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University of La Verne to take Marymount California University transfers, match scholarships

Daily Breeze | May 09, 2022

The 500 students who are studying for their undergraduate and masters educations at Marymount California University in Rancho Palos Verdes are looking for another place to finish their degrees once the private college closes for good this fall. The University of La Verne is stepping in to help. Read More »


Racist jokes cemented police culture that ignited L.A. uprising

Washington Post | April 29, 2022

On the 30 year anniversary of the 1992 uprising in Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Sociology Raul Perez reflects in the The Washington Post upon how racist jokes contributed to a police culture in which officers dehumanized members of the communities they served. Read More »


How Minority Parties (Might) Compete in One-Party States

Rasmussen Reports | April 28, 2022

Rasmussen Reports cited Professor of Public Administration Marcia Godwin in a commentary on how to break the grip of political power in states dominated by a single political party. Read More »


How a Bay Area strike against Coors 50 years ago inspired activists to take on Amazon

San Francisco Chronicle | April 24, 2022

Allyson Brantley, assistant professor of history, writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about how activists working to organize Amazon workers are taking lessons from a boycott against the Coors Brewing Co. in the 1970s. Read More »


How do Inland universities stack up against national institutions?

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | April 13, 2022

In the latest education poll, UC Riverside and the University of La Verne checked in at Nos. 83 and 136, respectively, among the best national universities, or schools offering a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and doctoral programs, according to the rankings. Read More »


Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in the U.S.

Degree Choices | April 12, 2022

HSIs can cite many achievements in their 26-year history. They are a major contributor to upward economic mobility for Latinos. In fact, 9 of the top 10 colleges and universities ranked by the Social Mobility Index (SMI) in 2020 were HSIs. The SMI measures the extent to which an academic institution educates economically disadvantaged students. Arturo Gomez Molina is a marketing and communications coordinator at Keck Graduate Institute in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. He completed his bachelor’s degree at University of La Verne, an HSI in Southern California. Read More »


Editorial: College rankings are misleading. So why do we still use them?

Los Angeles Times | April 04, 2022

Using the data from the 2017 poll, Jonathan Rothwell, an economist at Gallup, published a study in which he devised an alumni-satisfaction ranking but published only the 25 schools with the highest satisfaction marks. Many of them were among the top-rated in any published ranking, but there were some surprises, including the University of La Verne and Azusa Pacific in Southern California. Read More »


Is it too hard to get a new political party on the ballot in California?

Orange County Register | March 04, 2022

That’s not an easy ask. Marcia Godwin, a professor of public administration at University of La Verne, noted that California lets voters register in several different ways — through voter registration cards, online, or the Department of Motor Vehicles. That, she said, makes it tough to track registration numbers at a particular point in time. Read More »


The Best Car Insurance Companies for 2022

Money Geek | February 18, 2022

When shopping for a policy, you should consider a company's costs, available discounts, customer service reviews and claims-filing process. We ranked the top car insurance companies for 2022 at the national and state level using these factors. We recommend browsing our resources for your state to find the best solution for you. Read More »


Citrus Roots Collection now in hands of University of La Verne

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | February 15, 2022

An assistant professor of history at the University of La Verne, Jenkins, 32, missed out on the glory days. But he’s been studying the citrus industry since grad school, fascinated by its wide-ranging impact in building California and the myths that overshadow the industry’s grittier (and sootier) reality. Read More »