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Colorado became the first state in the nation to ban legacy admissions for public colleges this week, a move that Gov. Jared Polis said will create more of a meritocracy in higher education. This bill will help move us in a direction where our higher education institutions are moving towards being meritocracies meaning that you have to earn admission because of who you are and what you can do and what your potential is, not who your parents or grandparents were, Polis said after signing the bill Tuesday.
An obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed by UCLA was taken into custody today in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients.
By City News Service
May 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed by UCLA was taken into custody today in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients.
The indictment was handed down by a grand jury last Thursday and announced on the day a preliminary hearing for Dr. Jeames Mason Heaps was scheduled to begin.
Heaps, 64, of Woodland Hills, who had been free on band, was taken into custody on bail of $1.19 million, according to attorneys who represent hundreds of victims in a civil case against Heaps and UCLA.
A pretrial hearing was scheduled for June 3, and the case was moved to a downtown courtroom, a spokeswoman for the courts confirmed.
Former UCLA gynecologist Dr. James Mason Heaps was taken into custody Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients.
May 19, 2021 at 1:27 pm by Holly Rusch
The University of California Board of Regents approved the 2021-22 UC Office of the President Budget and discussed the Eligibility in the Local Context program, along with student mental health, from the lens of student equity and inclusion on May 12 during their latest board meeting.Â
The Academic and Student Affairs Regents Committee met last Wednesday.Â
Courtesy of Regents Livestream
Budget Increase to Combat Pandemic-Related Losses
The $960.6 million 2021-22 UC Office of the President (UCOP) budget marks an uptick of $98.6 million from the more conservative planning of the UCâs 2020-21 budget. UC President Michael V. Drake attributed the increase to pandemic-related financial loss.Â