Debbie Truong
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Debbie Truong is a former higher education reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered PK-12 education for WAMU-FM, the NPR affiliate in Washington, D.C., and the Washington Post. She attended Syracuse University and received a master’s degree in journalism from American University. She grew up in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Among the 23 CSU schools, only a smattering of courses were taught on the first day of the term. A tentative contract deal has cut short the strike.
Jan. 22, 2024
Faculty walked out on the first day of spring classes, in a major test for recently installed Chancellor Mildred Garcia.
Jan. 22, 2024
The district’s Academic Senate is demanding the district improve efforts to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination by conducting timely and impartial investigations, and taking disciplinary actions if violations are found.
Jan. 15, 2024
The raise does not end the divide over pay between the faculty union and CSU, a dispute that had reached an apex in recent weeks, with one-day strikes at four campuses in early December.
Jan. 9, 2024
Lue Yang, and Se Vang, both 37, were found dead in their Miramonte home. An 11-year-old girl also suffered major injuries and is expected to survive.
Dec. 30, 2023
During week-long, rolling walk-outs at four California State University campuses, faculty highlighted the tenuous working conditions of lecturers, who are a backbone of instruction but ineligible for tenure.
Dec. 22, 2023
For students at UNLV, the shooting this week has upended the final, critical days of the fall semester.
Dec. 8, 2023
The gunman in a mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was an academic who was seeking work there, authorities say, and maintained a list of people he was looking for.
Dec. 7, 2023
As another mass shooting traumatizes a college campus -- this time the University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- California universities point to tools developed to protect students, staff and faculty.
Dec. 6, 2023
Hundreds of Cal Poly Pomona faculty members crowded on sidewalks near campus entrances, carrying signs that read ‘On strike!’ as they called for higher wages.
Dec. 5, 2023