Media Highlights
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 »
Temporary Car Insurance: Who Offers Short-Term and Month-to-Month Options?
Money Geek | February 15, 2022
If you are going to own a car for a short period of time and you’re looking for temporary car insurance, you will have to buy a policy that lasts at least six months. None of the major insurance companies will offer you a policy on a month-to-month basis, but you might have the option to cancel your policy before the six month term is finished and get a refund on the remainder of the term. Read More »
The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately
UVA Center for Politics | January 27, 2022
How states have previously dealt with split partisan control of the top two offices: Perhaps the most celebrated example of this phenomenon came in the 1970s, when Republican Mike Curb served as lieutenant governor under California Gov. Jerry Brown. Curb, a musician and music producer, “would seize onto power whenever Brown vacationed with his then-girlfriend, Linda Ronstadt, or leave to campaign out of state,” said Marcia Godwin, a professor of public administration at the University of La Verne. Read More »