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…
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…
Paper calls on universities to track students’ sexual and gender identities
A paper published jointly this month by the American College Personnel Association and Campus Pride urges universities to measure and track their students’ sexual and gender identities to better meet the academic needs of LGBT students on college campuses. Read More…
Committee on higher education votes in favor of Cal Grant bills
A series of bills seeking to reform the state’s Cal Grant program passed through the state assembly’s higher education committee Tuesday. Read More…