Research shows higher nonresident enrollment may decrease diversity
Increasing undergraduate nonresident enrollment at UC Berkeley may decrease campus racial and socioeconomic diversity, according to research released this month. Read More…
Author Archives: Libby Rainey
California State Legislature rejects Brown’s proposed unit caps
The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed unit caps for the University of California and California State University, decrying the policy as unfair to students and as an ineffective means of cutting costs. Despite promising greater system efficiency, the proposed unit cap — part of Brown’s proposed 2013-14 Read More…
Despite rising applicant diversity, campus admit ethnic composition remains nearly identical
Despite a marked increase in applications from underrepresented minorities to UC Berkeley this year, the representation of those minorities in the admitted pool of students remained constant compared to previous years.
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UC Berkeley boosts nonresident admission, maintains similar ethnic composition in admits
UC Berkeley maintained the ethnic composition of its freshman admits and has accepted fewer in-state students this year while increasing nonresident acceptance rates, according to data released by the UC Office of the President Thursday. Read More…
UC Berkeley accepts fewer in-state applicants for fall 2013
UC Berkeley accepted fewer in-state students this year, according to data released by the UC Office of the President Thursday morning. Read More…
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer announces retirement
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer will retire from his post in December, he announced last week. Breslauer, who became executive vice chancellor in 2006, is stepping down after 42 years as a faculty member at UC Berkeley. The campus has initiated a search for a new executive vice Read More…
Professor emeritus of anthropology and lover of language John Gumperz dies at 91
John Gumperz dedicated his life to language. A UC Berkeley professor emeritus of anthropology, he died at the age of 91 on Friday in Santa Barbara. Gumperz was an intellectual and adventurer — a curious, unassuming scholar who studied people and language all around the world. He used his research Read More…
UC Berkeley students take stand against human trafficking
A little past 4 a.m., the campus is silent. Five students stand huddled together, barely visible through a thick fog, wrapped in jackets and scarves to withstand the morning chill. They talk quietly on the steps of Upper Sproul Plaza, eating reserves of bread and cookies as the minutes tick Read More…
Regents vote to extend tuition surcharge
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Regents voted to extend a tuition surcharge for UC students at their meeting Thursday to pay off previous settlement costs incurred by the university Read More…
UC aims fundraising efforts at social media
The latest UC fundraising effort could have the university singing for dollars. The new program, called the “Promise Platform,” will turn students and young alumni into fundraisers by asking them to use social media to solicit donations from friends and family in exchange for promising to complete a given task. Read More…