Janelle Marie Salanga

CalMatters en Español

Nueva generación de estudiantes discapacitados de la UC revive el activismo

En resumen Una coalición está pidiendo a la Universidad de California que brinde a los estudiantes discapacitados más apoyo y participación en los planes de aprendizaje de la era de la pandemia. Read this article in English. Con la reapertura de las universidades, es posible que los estudiantes estén comprobando dónde están sus clases, trazando caminos […]

By Janelle Marie Salanga • September 23, 2021

College Beat

New generation of disabled UC students revives activism

A coalition is calling for the University of California to give disabled students more support and a say in pandemic-era learning plans.

By Janelle Marie Salanga • September 23, 2021

College Beat

As Trump supporters stormed Capitol, students watched history unfold in real time

Sara Romero tutors math for middle school students in San Diego during their last class of the day. But on Jan. 6, her attention was divided between two monitors: one showing her students and another open to news coverage of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I had to tell the kids, ‘I’m fine!’” said […]

By Janelle Marie Salanga, Maddie Beck, Julianna Domingo, Hannah Getahun, Ryan Loyola and Marisa Martinez • January 8, 2021

College Beat

Challenging the model minority myth: Asian-American students divided over affirmative action

The moment he stepped into Clovis High School, Chali Lee — now a first-year at Clovis Community College — left his Hmong identity outside its doors. Other students, he said, saw him as just another Asian male, another model minority — someone taking up all the seats at colleges. Lee knows it’s not that simple. […]

By Janelle Marie Salanga • October 28, 2020

College Beat

Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll be $500.

Some University of California campuses are charging new students hundreds of dollars for orientation sessions even though they take place entirely online.

By Janelle Marie Salanga • September 25, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Bienvenidos a la Universidad Zoom: Son $500

Algunos campus del sistema de Universidades de California le cobran a los nuevos estudiantes cientos de dólares por las sesiones de orientación, a pesar de que se realizan totalmente en línea.

By Janelle Marie Salanga • September 25, 2020

Justice

“It would have changed my life:” Restorative justice offers Californians way to avoid prison

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

By Janelle Marie Salanga • July 15, 2020

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