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Japanese Americans who were denied a college education at San Diego State more than 60 years ago received honorary degrees Monday. It's part of a statewide initiative to make amends to these former students.

California's high school exit exam is under attack in a Stanford University report which concludes the test is not working the way it was intended. The conclusion is based on data collected from urban school districts including San Diego Unified.

The San Diego Unified School Board is expected to vote today in favor of taking the first steps to overhaul the district's high school curriculum. Education advocates are praising district officials for beginning to address education inequalities at the high school level.

Morris Kaunda Michael was five-years-old when his family fled war-torn Sudan for a refugee camp in Kenya. He braved the camp, came to the U.S. and got accepted at Columbia University. Michael, who recently completed his degree in biomedical engineering, shares his journey from refugee to graduate.

Hispanics are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States, and could become the largest ethnic group in our country within the next few decades. What can be done to increase participation rates among Latinos in colleges and universities? We speak to the president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

The Government Accountability Office report on 15 for-profit colleges earlier this month found that all 15 misled students and four engaged in fraudulent behavior. We look at the role of for-profit colleges in the U.S. educational system; the findings of the report and what questions students should be asking when they enroll.

Danny Lamont Jones (right) raised lots of red flags not long after he enrolled as an eighth-grader in a Baltimore school. He was quiet, struggling academically, and he didn't show up very often. It's unclear whether efforts to keep the 16-year-old in school will succeed.

In recent years, politicians have treated immigration as the third rail. But as the number of Hispanics grows — and as they turn out in greater numbers at the polls — advocates say the issue of immigration will be harder to ignore.

Sundance Shorts 09 at UCSD's The Loft

Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, honored along with fellow American Oliver Williamson on Monday for analyzing economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems.