She said she launched the initiative to bring together disparate work at individual UC campuses. — UC President Janet NapolitanoPatricia Gándara, a research professor of education at UCLA, said the systemwide initiative has made an “enormous difference” collaboratively. UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Riverside, she said, are working with Mexican partners to support students who travel back and forth between the two countries. About 500,000 such students now attend Mexican schools, Gándara said — and their numbers and lack of adequate Spanish have overwhelmed education officials there, she said. Exchanges include a summer program at five UC campuses, offering Mexican students a chance to work with faculty members here on research projects and prepare for U.S. graduate school.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2017 12:00 UTC