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Nick Ibarra

Nick Ibarra

14 posts
Higher education reporter for Lookout Santa Cruz, in partnership with Open Campus.
  • Santa Cruz

What to know about UCSC’s plans for a mostly in-person fall

  • Nick Ibarra
  • April 7, 2021
While plans remain tentative, campus leaders are looking at reopening on-campus housing to nearly full capacity and holding the majority of courses in person.
  • Santa Cruz

Will football return to Cabrillo College?

  • Nick Ibarra
  • April 7, 2021
A year after the community college suspended its football program following violations, trustees are set to decide in May whether to bring the Seahawks back to the field.
  • Santa Cruz

Cabrillo College’s first community event on potential name change draws rebukes, apology

  • Nick Ibarra
  • March 24, 2021
Historian Iris Engstrand’s talk on 16th century explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was supposed to offer a balanced view of his life and legacy. Instead, it courted controversy.
  • Santa Cruz

UC regents approve UCSC’s Student Housing West, moving controversial development forward

  • Nick Ibarra
  • March 18, 2021
The student housing development has been tied up for years amid litigation and intense opposition.
    • Santa Cruz

Should Cabrillo College change its name?

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was long celebrated for his historic 1542 voyage along the California coastline. But behind his once-glossy public image is a brutal side to the explorer’s legacy.
Nick Ibarra
Nick Ibarra
  • March 15, 2021
  • Santa Cruz

With review window closing, UCSC and surrounding community on collision course over enrollment growth

  • Nick Ibarra
  • March 7, 2021
The university’s plan seeks to prepare the campus for a projected enrollment of 28,000 by 2040, which is about 44% higher than enrollment last year.
  • Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz seeking re-approval of Student Housing West project following court ruling

  • Nick Ibarra
  • March 7, 2021
The project, which would add 3,000 student beds, has seen long delays amid alumni-led opposition and environmental litigation.
  • Santa Cruz

Could Cabrillo College’s future include campus housing for students?

  • Nick Ibarra
  • March 3, 2021
The community college is embarking on a housing feasibility study this year, an effort driven by decreasing enrollment and high rates of housing insecurity among its students.
  • Santa Cruz

Yale student learning from home reflects on inequities as parents work in fields

  • Nick Ibarra
  • February 7, 2021
At Yale, she says, she's probably one of the most underprivileged undergraduates. At home, she says she can't stop thinking about how lucky she is.
    • Santa Cruz

UCSC releases campus plan, staking out ambitious vision of growth by 2040

The controversial framework would prepare the physical campus to meet an anticipated 44 percent growth in enrollment.
Nick Ibarra
Nick Ibarra
  • January 8, 2021

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