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Network News: Relationships Are Vital to School Reform

April 2, 2015

Alan Daly analyzes social networks, both the digital kind in cyberspace and IRL ones in the schoolhouse, to help improve education. Network News: Relationships Are Vital to School Reform Alan Daly explores ecosystems. He also parses networks. But the former schoolteacher and school psychologist is neither a biologist nor a…

Don’t Know Much About Charter Schools

January 12, 2012

Some two decades into the grand national experiment with charter schools, how much do we really know about them? Not all that much. And not nearly as much as we easily could, say researchers from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.

#MedEd: How Doctors Use Social Media to Advance Medicine

August 29, 2023

Ever wonder what your doctor is doing on social media? A new study published in JAMA led by John W. Ayers, Ph.D., from the Qualcomm Institute within the University of California San Diego, finds some physicians are harnessing the reach of social media to share and debate medical advancements.

U.S. News and World Report Again Names UC San Diego One of Nation’s Top 10 Public Universities

September 12, 2012

The University of California, San Diego has been ranked 8th best public university and 38th best university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges guidebook released today.

UC San Diego Ranked Among Nation’s Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges by The Princeton Review

May 11, 2023

The University of California San Diego is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a great education with excellent career preparation at an affordable cost, according to the Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges for 2023 ranking.

UC San Diego Admits Record 34,652 Freshman and Transfer Students for Fall 2015

July 2, 2015

The University of California, San Diego has admitted a record 26,502 freshmen and 8,150 transfers for the fall 2015 term. The number of new freshmen is up 1,969 compared to last year and there is also an increase among transfer admits by 874 students.

U.S. News & World Report: UC San Diego Graduate and Professional Schools are Nation’s Best

March 12, 2019

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2020 guidebook that ranks the nation’s top graduate programs and professional schools, giving high marks to UC San Diego’s innovative programs.

Researchers Identify Brain Circuits Tied to the Behavior of Schooling Fish

July 17, 2024

UC San Diego researchers have uncovered the roots of group behavior in the brains of schooling fish. Glassfish, they found, depend on their sense of vision to coordinate social swimming behavior in schools and increase their ability to follow coordinated group movements as they mature.

Foreign Policy Magazine Ranks UC San Diego 2nd Among Public Universities

February 23, 2018

…one of the best schools in the world for scholars who want to solve crucial social challenges and propel world peace, according to Foreign Policy magazine. The publication’s global rankings lauded UC San Diego for its undergraduate international relations program, ranked 11th, and its master’s program for policy careers in…

Educate to Indoctrinate: Education Systems Were First Designed to Suppress Dissent

April 28, 2022

Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from UC San Diego political scientist Agustina Paglayan.

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