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• 50 Voices of the Future: Ed Abeyta on preparing students for success in college and beyond

  In honor of UC San Diego Extension’s first 50 years, 50 Voices of the Future asks thought leaders about the trends, breakthroughs and social advances they foresee over the next 50 years. As the job market changes, so, too, must education. The impact of technology has ...

• Around the World in 7 Days: High School Students Explore Biosphere 2

  By Kelly Davis  Imagine being able to explore Earth’s many habitats in just one week. That’s what a group of high school students will get the chance to do this summer when they travel to Oracle, Arizona to spend a week working with researchers inside Biosphere 2 , a 3...

• Straight A’s Don’t Tell the Whole Story: In Support of K-12 Microcredentials

  by Kristi DePaul (re-posted from Educause Review ) These days, microcredentials represent an oft-explored topic in higher education; they are the subject of academic working groups, and regularly appear as a topic in major education conferences. They come in a variet...

• Making the Most of Summer at Academic Connections

  Not many high school students look forward to spending summer break in a science lab, but it was Maryza Bustamante’s goal. The 16-year-old, who’ll be a junior at Imperial Valley High School in the fall, spent three weeks in July studying marine biology — in the classroom, in ...

• Pre-collegiate program student pipeline: A model of inefficiency?

  Edward Abeyta: "It seems odd there isn’t a clearinghouse to see the return on investment taxpayers made in these programs." Edward Abeyta , who directs UC San Diego Extension’s Academic Connections K-12 programs, recently published a bylined article in " The Evolllu...

• Lessons from baseball that apply to education

  A life-long baseball fan, Ed Abeyta sees plenty of life lessons and teachable moments that could be applied as equally to education as they do to baseball. Extension's associate dean and the director of UC San Diego Extension’s Pre-College programs , Abeyta recently wr...

• UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with San Diego Unified to Offer College Courses to Local High School

  Innovative program will provide lower division college course credits.

• Connecting to Imperial Valley: 'A shining example of our mission'

  ON THEIR WAY: Academic Connections summer program participants Alejandro Quiroz (fifth from left), Omar Ahmad (holding certificate) and Cynthia Cortez (fourth from right) are shown during the welcoming reception for the recently concluded three-week program. Photo court...

• The Next Chapter for Libraries

  By Jennifer Davies A dark computer room at the Central Library in downtown San Diego would seem like the last place a teenager would want to be on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon. But that’s exactly where a dozen or so students from around San Diego have chosen ...

• Academic Connections Advantage

  During the first week of classes, a typical freshman might have been bumbling around UC San Diego’s campus, but not Cynthia Cortez. A first-year student from Imperial Valley, Cortez felt right at home. “I knew how to get around, and everyone was, like, ‘How do you ...

• UC San Diego Extension and UCTV launch channel dedicated to STEAM learning

  New Focus On Arts Comes In Response To Demand From Top Technology Employers LA JOLLA, CA (April 16, 2015) — UC San Diego Extension and UCTV have partnered to launch The STEAM Channel in recognition of the growing demand for professionals who can balance science, tec...

• Breaking barriers to higher ed: How to improve test-prep for low-income students

  By Edward Abeyta   Editor’s note: Edward Abeyta, Director of K-16 programs at UC San Diego Extension, is a contributor to The Evolllution , an on-line publication devoted to news and research about the impact of non-traditional programs on higher education and s...

• UC San Diego Extension Awards "Change The World" Alumni Scholarship

  Recipient Alexis Alvarez will focus on biostatistics field.

• UC San Diego Extension's Academic Connections Helps 373 High School Students Prepare for College

  Program has special focus on assisting underserved students.

• Lights, Camera, Action: Teaching Students the True Science of Disasters Through Filmmaking

  Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego Extension team up to provide creative and hands-on STEAM classes at Elementary Institute of Science.

• Full STEAM ahead: Youth program celebrates college-prep students

  UC San Diego Extension’s leadership-oriented STE[+a]M program will hold evening graduation ceremonies for 17 young students Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Joe & Vi Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall . Presented under the banner of “ Full STEAM Ahead ,” the free summer youth progr...

• Top Imperial Valley high school students receive summer program scholarships

  Seven students, each representing different Imperial Valley high schools, have been selected to receive full scholarships to attend the Academic Connections summer program at UC San Diego this summer. Academic Connections provides an opportunity for high school students wi...

• New Lab Offers Hands-on Life Sciences Research

  UC San Diego Extension has become the first continuing education institution to lease its very own wet lab. The Boz Institute in Pacific Beach gives students from middle school through university level a platform where they can dip their toes into experimental life sc...

• Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego offers STEAM Education for Middle and High School Students

  Partnership with San Diego Unified School District provides 150 scholarships.

• UC San Diego Extension Partners with Sycuan and Viejas on College-Prep Offerings

  Program designed to help educate the next generation of tribal leaders.

• UC San Diego Extension's Academic Connections Helps 452 High School Students Prepare for College

  Three-week program has special focus on assisting students from underserved communities.

• New partnership with Sycuan and Viejas designed to create college-going culture

  University of California San Diego Extension has entered into a unique partnership with both the Sycuan Education Department and the Viejas Tribal Education Center to provide college preparatory programs as part of a larger effort to boost college enrollment among young adult...

• Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego offers STEAM education for middle and high school students

  Over the course of three weeks, Sally Ride Science at University of California San Diego has educated more than 400 students in science, technology, engineering, art and math, also known as STEAM, through a variety of hands-on workshops in such topics as the science of e...

• UCSD Extension Associate Dean Recognized for Excellence in Stewardship

  By Debra Bass [6 minute read] Models of philanthropy continue to change, and so, too, do models of stewardship. Edward Abeyta has been a pioneer in this arena – building upon innovative, sustainable, effective and replicable achievements that continue to magnify UC San...

• Shaking up science education with STEAM

  When a big earthquake hits, you’ll most likely find Debi Kilb, a project scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography , on CNN or one of the other cable networks explaining the physics of earthquakes for the lay audience. “I’m always asking my husband ‘You recorded it,...

• New UCSD Extension Training Program Gives Sweetwater Teachers Proven Tools to Succeed in Online Inst

  By Margaret King [5 minute read] When schools made the leap to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sweetwater Union High School District – California’s largest secondary district, with 38,000 students – faced daunting challenges.  In the diverse comm...

• UC San Diego Extension Announces "The Next Fifty" Scholarship Recipients

  Scholarships are part of Extension's yearlong celebration of its 50 th  Anniversary.

• UC San Diego Offers Unique Summer Programs for High School Students

  Applications for summer programs now available

• Creating the Next Generation of Arts Educators

  We are thrilled to announce that UC San Diego Park & Market will host professional development, credentialing and certification opportunities for teachers and educators in the visual and performing arts.  The programming is a result of a collaboration between UC San Diego...

• Taiwan high school students get glimpse of U.S. college life through UC San Diego Extension’s Academ

  Irene Lin, a shy 16-year-old, sits down at the table and smiles wide, her braces glistening and her face beaming with excitement. It’s her first time away from home – Taichung, a popular city in central Taiwan known for its rich culture, lush landscapes and historic landma...

• Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab: Giving students something to think about

  Middle school students and engineering hardly seem like an easy or potent mix. However, if you walk into the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab , the energy and excitement one feels is palpable. In one area, teachers are working with their students on how to redesign their classro...

• Inspiring the next generation to reach for the stars: Sally Ride’s science education legacy

  By Margaret King   When Sally Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman in space, she found herself suddenly famous. Being in the spotlight was uncomfortable for the low-key physicist. But as she traveled the country giving talks and meeting the publi...

• Sisters Aim for Medical School and Beyond By Way of Academic Connections

  By Jennifer McEntee Sisters Amna Asiad and Myriam Asiad have a lot in common: they’re both hard-working students on the pre-med track, and they both love the diversity and amenities of the UC San Diego campus. The two have another commonality. Both young women earn...

• Honoring Sally on UCTV: Sally Ride's Partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Talks About Ride's Remarkable Life and Research Ship That Honors Her Legacy

  The program, "Honoring Sally: Tam O'Shaughnessy Aboard the R/V Sally Ride," interweaves O'Shaughnessy's candid interview with vivid archival footage to tell the story of Ride's historic achievements at NASA and of her long personal and professional partnership with O'Shaughnessy.

• Lineup of Free Sally Ride Science Workshops at Local Libraries Expands with New Courses

  Library NExT offers more hands-on workshops for middle and high school students

• UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

  UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

• Academic Connections welcomes ambassador Cynthia Cortez

  High school sophomore is one of nine students receiving a full-ride scholarship to 2015 programming In the spring of 2015, Cynthia Cortez finished her sophomore year at Holtville High School; for that summer, she headed to campus for UC San Diego Extension’s three-week G...

• Academic Connections: When student becomes teacher

  Biosphere 2 Program Alum Laurel Brigham Returns To Facility As A Researcher When Academic Connections’ participants came through this year’s Biosphere 2 program, they got to hear from researcher Laurel Brigham, an Academic Connections alumna who was so inspired by her e...

• Grant will help more girls take part in summer STEAM workshops

  Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego has received a $30,000 grant to allow more middle school and high school girls to attend summer STEAM workshops. The grant from the San Francisco-based Hellman Foundation will fund scholarships over the next three years for students...

• Sally Ride Science Launches at UC San Diego

  STEM outrach program to continue legacy of first American woman to fly in space.

• Sally Ride Science Junior Academy Offers Summer STEAM Adventures

  Hands-on workshops for middle and high school students

• Search for the Dean of Extension

  UC San Diego is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Extension.

• New ways to bridge gap from high school to college

  By Ed Abeyta The majority of high school students are unprepared for the multiple demands of college work and the level of responsibility required by studying away from home. But there are new ways to taste the college experience and visit some of the most intriguing sci...

• Reality Changers and Imperial Valley students: First-generation college-bound students face their fu

  In a very small classroom at UC San Diego, about 20 attentive students are giving presentations. But these aren’t the students you’d expect to see on a college campus – they are high schoolers who are part of a three-week summer program called Academic Connections , wh...

• UCTV Arts Channel: Connecting the Community with Rich, Cultural Programming

  Universities, and the communities around them, offer a rich tapestry for the creation of cultural arts that bring people together and create thriving civic engagement. In an effort to bring more front-row access to the performing arts, UCTV has launched a new Arts Ch...

• The Best of UCSD Extension 2020: Highlights & Future Plans

    By Mary L. Walshok [8 minute read] Recently, I was in a board meeting with some of our regional tech executives at which each of us was invited to comment on "What was the best thing that happened to us in this, possibly the worst year of our lives?"  It turne...

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