ASUC Senator Sadia Saifuddin nominated as 2014-15 student regent
A UC Board of Regents special committee has nominated Sadia Saifuddin, an Independent ASUC senator, as UC student regent for the 2014-15 term.
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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…
Student Regents Hold Prop. 30 and Budget Presentation
Just five days from the election, about 16 students gathered at Barrows Hall Thursday evening to hear a presentation by the UC student regents about the effects of Proposition 30, a ballot measure that could prevent a 20 percent tuition hike in January, on the UC’s budget. At the presentation, Read More…
Regents approve pepper-spray settlement
To conclude a three-day meeting dominated by budget talks, the UC Board of Regents approved a proposed settlement Thursday with lawyers of students pepper-sprayed by UC Davis police officers during a protest on the campus last November. Read More…
Budget talks dominate UC Regents meeting’s second day
The second day of the UC Board of Regents’ three-day meeting was dominated by discussions about how proposed strategies to combat the university’s budget shortfall would affect the ethnic diversity of its student body, quality of education and financial affordability for low- and middle-income students. Read More…
Regents approve construction projects, discuss campus policies
The UC Board of Regents met on Tuesday to discuss systemwide policies on campus climate and student safety and to approve plans for construction projects at various UC campuses, commencing the first of three days of meetings this week. Read More…
UC Regents vote to increase supplemental tuition for professional degree programs
Critics worry increase will hinder progress in raising ethnic diversity of programs
The UC Board of Regents voted to increase supplemental tuition for most of the UC’s professional degree programs, reigniting an ongoing debate about the adverse effect of tuition increases on the enrollment of students from underrepresented ethnic groups. Read More…
Brown tax initiative could affect student voter turnout in November election
The threat of a UC and CSU tuition hike in the middle of the 2012-13 academic year could increase college student voter turnout for the November election. Read More…
UC Irvine graduate student nominated as student regent-designate
The UC Office of the President announced the nomination of the student regent-designate position for the upcoming academic year Monday after a special committee of the UC Board of Regents selected between three finalists. If approved by the regents at their upcoming July board meeting, UC Irvine law student and Read More…