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Author Archives: Mikhail Zinshteyn

Mikhail Zinshteyn has been a higher education reporter since 2015. As a freelancer, he contributed to The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed and The 74. Previously, he was a reporter at EdSource and before that a program manager at the Education Writers Association. Mikhail was born in the Soviet Union and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. He is based in Los Angeles. Pell grants and work-study helped pay for his undergraduate degree at Union College.

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Isael Corona, estudiante de matemáticas en UC Berkeley, mira por la ventana desde su apartamento de estudiante cerca del campus donde vive con un compañero de cuarto el 3 de septiembre de 2020. Corona dice que él extraña estar con sus amigos, pero quiso regresar al campus. Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters
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Las pruebas de coronavirus en las universidades varían según el sistema, el campus

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn and Felicia Mello September 10, 2020September 17, 2020
Isael Corona, a math major at UC Berkeley, looks out the window from his student apartment near campus where he lives with a roommate on Sept. 3, 2020. Corona says he misses being with his friends but wanted to be back on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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College coronavirus testing varies by system, campus

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn, Felicia Mello and Kimberly Morales September 10, 2020September 24, 2020
Dr. Melina Abdullah, an advocate for overturning Prop. 209, says that human resources barred her department from saying that they were looking for people who could specifically serve Black students in a job listing. Photo by Alexis Hunley for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

A ballot prop that could boost racial equity among university faculty

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 20, 2020September 8, 2020
Timothy P. White, Chancellor of the California State University system, prepares to testify on the failure to fully disclose a $1.5 billion surplus in a joint hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit, Senate Education, Assembly Higher Education and Assembly subcommittee on Education Finance committees on August 12, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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Cal State in the COVID era: No tuition cuts, 4 other takeaways from chancellor chat

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Retrato de la Dra. Melina Abdullah, expresidenta del departamento de estudios panafricanos de Cal State Los Ángeles y cofundadora del capítulo de Los Ángeles de Black Lives Matter el 18 de agosto de 2020. Abdullah dice que la prohibición de la acción afirmativa ha sido "enormemente problemática tanto en términos de reclutamiento como de retención de profesores afroamericanos". Fotografía de Alexis Hunley para CalMatters
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Una propuesta electoral que podría impulsar la equidad racial entre el profesorado universitario

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 20, 2020August 28, 2020
Assemblymember Shirley Weber, center, receives applause from fellow lawmakers after the Assembly approved her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento June 10, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli
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California State University now requires ethnic studies

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
University of California police form a barrier around a group of students before they are arrested and carted away for blocking an intersection at the entrance to UC Santa Cruz on February 12, 2020. Photo by Dan Coyro, Santa Cruz Sentinel
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UC Regents want to investigate top salary cuts

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 3, 2020August 3, 2020
Posted inEducation

Schools mobilize to teach teachers how to educate virtually

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 29, 2020August 3, 2020
A group of students studying various disciplines of ethnic studies at Cal State campuses visit the Capitol to lobby for legislation to require such classes as a condition for graduation. Photo courtesy of Raven Freebird
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Should ethnic studies be a grad requirement? Cal State clashes with lawmakers

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn and Omar Rashad July 16, 2020September 24, 2020
Portrait of Ohio State President Michael V. Drake in front of Bricker Hall on The Ohio State University campus. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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UC system picks first Black president

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

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