Universities not only must prepare educated citizens who will shape the future; they have a responsibility to generations coming to enter academe.

New teachers emerging from UCLA’s GSEIS are being trained to hit the ground running in some of Los Angeles County’s toughest school settings.

Can new leadership in Sacramento fulfill for California’s schoolchildren the Supreme Court’s promise of a public education “available to all on equal terms”?

The most vexing issue facing education today is not recruiting and training enough qualified teachers to fill the nation’s classrooms. It is keeping them there.

A growing body of scientific research links the quality of early-childhood experiences to school success, sparking a revolution in education policy and practice.

In a unique UCLA education program, school leaders learn the entrepreneurial skills they need to successfully take their campuses into the future.

In the national debate over what is necessary to improve the quality of education, how exactly will success be measured?

As the nation wrestles with increasing immigration and its impact on schools, California once again can show the rest of the country how to do it right.

In the new global economy, rich and poor nations are doing fine. It is those like the countries of Latin America in the middle that are struggling.

A UCLA laboratory takes on the latest designer steroids.

David Gere is harnessing the power of art as a potent weapon in the global war against a killer epidemic.

Whether it’s via print, canvas, film, television or toys, Gary Baseman’s mischievous art is pervading America.

In much of southeast Asia, China and India, the fight against HIV/AIDS is being led by UCLA alumni — trainees sent here to learn from the best.

The gulf between conservatives and liberals in America has never been greater. Is this national divide reflected in the environment of today’s academy?

In the global chess match that is nuclear proliferation, the highest priority must be placed on containing the spread of such horrific weapons.

In 35 years, the Internet has dramatically changed the world in which we live. But wait … you haven’t seen anything yet.

If we are truly to educate new generations of global citizens, it is essential that we give teachers the tools they need to bring the world into their classrooms.

UCLA has emerged as the nation’s leading incubator for new generations of moviemakers who have shaped the past, present and future of Latino film.

On the unglamorous sidewalks of Hollywood’s back streets, a group of UCLA students is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the homeless.

The newly revamped Office of Intellectual Property Administration is working to get the ideas and inventions of UCLA researchers into the marketplace.

UCLA indeed is a small city, and it produces as much solid waste as one. But through a focused effort, the campus recycles more than half of what it generates.

David Sefton came to UCLA three years ago to take the helm of the university’s performing-arts program. Southern California hasn’t been the same since.

At UCLA, the Bard of Avon’s presence is so real it’s as if Westwood had been transported back to the heart of Elizabethan England.

While the process of admitting students to UCLA is a frustrating mystery to many, it is one of integrity, sensitively calibrated to be balanced and fair.

Privately funded “chairs” have been essential tools for helping universities to reach the peak of accomplishment and prestige.