Ventura County Star Stories: Education: College

College leaders divided over lower drinking age

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Recognizing alcohol is an issue on most campuses, local college presidents support having a national debate over the legal drinking age, but they don't necessarily support lowering it to 18.

UC may broaden admission standards

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Students who don't meet the strict academic requirements to get into the University of California system could get a second look under a proposed change to the UC admissions policy. Under the proposal, UC admissions officers would review applications from a pool of students they believe could succeed in the highly regarded system but otherwise would not qualify for admission.

CSUCI students return to campus

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Students started the fall semester at CSU Channel Islands on Monday with the prospect of a new student union, a broader selection of majors and, as always on the first day of school, long lines.

Sexual diseases subject of book

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Adina Nack knows what it's like to be told at age 20 that you have a sexually transmitted disease. She remembers the fear she felt when her doctor rather coldly gave her the diagnosis, and the stigma that she associated with it.

College presidents spark debate on drinking age

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it.

CLU ranks No. 16 on magazine's list of regional universities in West

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

CLU ranked 16th among regional universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report.

UC Santa Barbara mediation class scheduled

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Mediation course offered through UCSB extension.

Colleges in Australia and Canada offer surfing degree

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — A college in this Vancouver Island town is working with an Australian university to develop a program for surfers to learn the business aspect of the sport.

Harvard reclaims No. 1 spot in rankings

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Harvard University is the country's oldest, wealthiest and most selective university. Now it's back on top of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, claiming sole possession of the No. 1 spot for the first time in 12 years.

Teen bypasses high school

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Like thousands of students across the nation, Michelle Vaisman will start college this fall. Like many, she's a little nervous about living away from home and managing things like money and laundry on her own.

Michelle, however, is 13 years old and hasn't even started high school.

The Agoura Hills girl will attend Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., where she will join the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. That program allows young women to start college when they normally would be in high school.

College students need guidance for meeting the world

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:40:00 -0000

Dear Dr. Fournier: My daughter is headed for college in another state, yet I look at her and cannot believe she is ready to go away.

Pope will bless college's cornerstone

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Thomas Aquinas College is sending the 700-pound cornerstone of its new chapel to Rome for the pope's blessing. The limestone block will be blessed Sept. 3 at St. Peter's Basilica, just after the pope's weekly general audience.

Enrollment up at local colleges

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges started classes Monday with a significant boost in student enrollment — a 7 percent overall increase at the three campuses.

UC president names interim provost

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The acting chancellor of the University of California's Riverside campus has been tapped as the UC system's interim provost.

Curtain falls on CLU's Little Theatre

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

It was a humble place as theaters go, better suited for a maintenance building than a great stage. But over 43 years, California Lutheran University's Little Theatre was the place where thousands of students acted, directed and produced plays. So with only a few weeks left before demolition, alumni and faculty gathered Sunday to mourn its passing.

Here are 10 ways to control the cost of college visits

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Never mind four years of tuition — the college selection process alone has gotten so expensive that parents need a budget just to deal with campus visits and other costs.

Parking 101: Finding a spot on campus

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Moorpark College officials are encouraging students to consider alternative modes of transportation next week to avoid the early semester parking crunch that will be exacerbated by construction on campus.

Colleges fill new post for planning, research

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The community college district has appointed a new vice chancellor of planning and organizational development.

CLU grant helps 1st-generation students

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

CLU gets $100,000 grant from Wal-Mart to help first-generation students.

Facility at Ventura College produces alternate-text materials

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0000

In a few weeks, Rachel Flowers, 14, will enter Hueneme High School. Blind virtually since she was born three months prematurely, the diminutive teen and music prodigy from Oxnard will face challenges finding her locker and classrooms.

But once in class, she will have the same opportunities to learn as her classmates, now that an alternative-text production center in Ventura has transcribed her books and materials into Braille and tactile graphics.

"I'm interested in all kinds of topics," said Rachel, whose early school years often were marked by uncomfortable trips to segregated classrooms and instructors who told her to not be a distraction.