UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.
"As we've gotten to this sort of zero-tolerance mentality, that kind of policy has been especially applied to poor kids and especially black kids; and also, kids with disabilities.”
"As we've gotten to this sort of zero-tolerance mentality, that kind of policy has been especially applied to poor kids and especially black kids; and also, kids with disabilities.”Daniel Losen, a researcher with the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, was interviewed June 2 on NPR's "All Things Considered" about his research showing that African American students and students with disabilities are suspended at disproportionately high rates in school districts throughout the U.S.
"The angel community here is extremely active … The proportion of private angel investments is probably higher here than in other parts of the country. These are people who don't necessarily want to advertise their investments, so their activities don't always show up on any charts."George Abe, a lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and faculty director of the applied management research program, was quoted on May 22 in a Billboard.com article about how Los Angeles is quickly becoming a hot spot for music media, largely due to contributions to anonymous investors.
“Whenever federal funding agencies encourage law enforcement to meet numerical arrest goals instead of public safety goals, it will likely promote stereotype-based policing and we can expect these sorts of racial gaps.”Phillip Atiba Goff, assistant professor of social psychology, was quoted in a New York Times article June 5 about federal statistics showing that black Americans are four times as likely as whites to be arrested for marijuana possession.
“For us at UCLA, we’ve learned a lot from these national organizations … learning about the cultural backgrounds, the important issues for that tribe and that community. Iit’s important for us to make sure we’re sensitive to that and provide whatever assistance we can.”Alfred Herrera, assistant vice provost for academic partnerships and director of the UCLA Center for Community College Partnerships, was quoted May 31 in a Missoulian article at a conference on the state of Native American education and efforts to drive it forward.
The region is "emerging from the darkest part of the recession. You'll see quite a few years in a row of growth."Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast and Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted May 29 in a Los Angeles Times article about rising Los Angeles property values boosting tax revenue for the county.
