Inland Southern California unemployment rate shows improvement
Inland Southern California has added 4,600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis for the month of November and 7,400 non-farm jobs the month of October.
The numbers above were collected by the University of California,...
$27.8M in Corinthian College Inc. student debt to be relieved
On Dec. 3, 2015, the Department of Education announced that it was offering $27.8 million in student debt relief to around 1,300 students who attended Heald College, a chain of campuses under the now-defunct...
UCR professor speaks about Fed interest rate increase
The director of UCR’s School of Business Administration Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, Christopher Thornberg, has discussed the likely implications of the Federal Reserve’s increase in its short-term interest rates on American families.
For...
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Professor to give talk on U.S. as a nation of immigrants
On Thursday, Jan. 14, Mai Ngai – professor of history and Lung Family Professor of Asian American studies at Columbia University — will give...
Vigil held to remember San Bernardino shooting victims
UCR held a vigil on Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. in memorial of the victims in the Dec. 2 Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. Approximately 200 people attended the event to honor...
Highlander Newsroom (12/2/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the cancellation of Heat 2016, the recently approved Three Year Financial Stability plan that will increase UC enrollment and the removal of the CSU president's...
UC to increase enrollment
Last week, the University of California Board of Regents approved the Three-Year Financial Sustainability Plan to increase both freshmen and transfer student enrollment by 10,000 over the next three years. This plan was created...
Governor Brown in support of admitting refugees
In a recent statement, California Governor Jerry Brown announced that the state will be admitting Syrian refugees on the condition that the White House releases more information on the vetting process to state officials....
CSU eliminates president salary cap amongst tuition hikes
On Nov. 18, the California State University (CSU) board of trustees voted to eliminate salary caps for new campus presidents in order to remain competitive and recruit more qualified applicants. This move was preceded...
Heat 2016 cancelled due to weather concerns
During a Nov. 24 meeting, campus administration and the Highlander Union Governing Board decided that the Heat 2016 music festival would be cancelled. UCR’s biggest music event will not take place due to weather...