Johnny Garcia Vasquez, a UC Berkeley student majoring in ethnic studies, was re-appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown last Friday as a student representative to the California Student Aid Commission.
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The California Student Aid Commission unanimously voted to endorse Proposition 30 Friday. Members of the commission, which includes UC Berkeley student Johnny Garcia Vasquez and UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White, voted at their meeting in Sacramento 13-0-0 to support the initiative, which would prevent $500 million in midyear budget cuts to Read More…
A proposal made by Gov. Jerry Brown in his May Revise could significantly decrease Cal Grant funding and leave some students without grant aid. Brown’s recently published revised budget proposal — informally called the May Revise — proposes that eligibility for the Cal Grant be tied to eligibility for the Federal Read More…
State Republicans are proposing a plan to avoid possible cuts to public education through budget solutions instead of the tax initiative proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Should Brown’s tax initiative fail to pass in November, the UC and CSU systems would suffer trigger cuts of $200 million each, according to Brown’s Read More…
As the state’s public institutions come under the knife, California’s for-profit colleges have thrived, enrolling more students and benefiting from lax regulation — a trend that could place more students at financial risk. Continued cuts in state funding have forced some cash-strapped public schools to reduce class offerings and collapse Read More…
UC Riverside chancellor and UC Berkeley alumni Timothy White was appointed to the California Student Aid Commission Friday. Read More…
The allocation of Cal Grants could become the responsibility of individual college campuses through new legislation recommended by the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst’s Office, the office announced in a report released Monday. The recommendation, which aims to “streamline” financial aid, would shift the duty of distributing the grants to the Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed a UC Berkeley student on Monday to a state student aid commission which provides financial aid policy analysis and leadership in partnership with the state’s higher education institutions. Johnny Garcia Vazquez, a campus undergraduate studying ethnic studies, was appointed as a student representative to the California Read More…
The recently released details of the California state budget indicate that while there will be no immediate effect on UC student tuition, the Cal Grant system will experience a 5 percent decrease on some grants. Read More…
Although California legislators met their constitutional deadline and approved a $92.1 billion budget on Friday, the university still faces cost increases over the next fiscal year that could lead to a tuition hike at the next UC Board of Regents meeting in July. Seven budget bills passed in both houses well before Read More…
