UC Regents to discuss revised budget in Sacramento
The UC Board of Regents will meet in Sacramento next week to discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised 2013-14 budget. Read More…
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Yudof discusses tenure, future of higher education
UC President Mark Yudof spoke at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, answering questions about his tenure as president and the complicated problems that public higher education has faced in recent years. Yudof, who is set to step down in August after almost five years in office, leaves behind a mixed Read More…
UC healthcare workers vote to strike
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 announced Tuesday that its members voted to strike against the University of California for alleged prioritization of profits over patients. Read More…
Campus joins movement demanding access to research
UC Berkeley is joining a nationwide effort to increase the availability of academic research to the public in light of rising journal subscription costs and limited access
On April 20, a mass email was sent out to UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff members asking them to sign a petition in support of free, open access to research publications. Read More…
May Day rally draws support for worker and immigrant rights
About 150 workers and students gathered on Sproul Plaza Wednesday afternoon to rally in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
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FAFSA to include options for reporting same-sex parents starting 2014
The U.S. Department of Education announced April 29 that FAFSA will begin to collect information about students’ parents regardless of their marital status or gender. Read More…
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…
Amendments to online education bill SB 520 aim to appease opposed faculty
State legislators approved amendments to a controversial online education bill last week in response to opposition by faculty members in the state’s public higher education institutions. Read More…
UC workers to strike in light of labor negotiations
The UC chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announced Friday that they will hold a strike vote from April 30th to May 2nd in light of labor negotiations with the UC Office of the President. Read More…
Students rally on Earth Day in support of tax initiative
About 25 students gathered on the steps of Sproul Hall on Earth Day to rally support for an oil-tax initiative that would generate funds for education, among other government programs. The California Modernization and Economic Development Act, drafted by UC Berkeley students in January, would implement a 9.5 percent severance Read More…