California’s undergraduates have third lowest average debt in nation, report shows
In 2010-11 undergraduate students from California’s four-year universities graduated with the third-lowest level of average debt in the country. Read More…
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Affirmative Action: Student diversity impacted by race-neutral admissions policy
The UC contends that Proposition 209, passed in November 1996, that prohibits preferential treatment by the state in public employment, education or contracting based on race, ethnicity or gender, has caused a decline of underrepresented minorities in the UC system. Read More…
New chancellor appointed to head California Community Colleges System
Brice Harris, a veteran administrator within the California Community Colleges System, was selected to be the next chancellor of the 112 college system, officials announced Sept 27. The system’s Board of Governors unanimously appointed Harris, the longest-serving chancellor of Los Rios Community College District, to replace Acting Chancellor Erik Skinner, Read More…
Rankings show UC and CSU tuition fastest growing in the nation
The cost of tuition at various UC and CSU campuses is rising faster than costs at other colleges around the country, according to a Department of Education college cost ranking published Tuesday. The rankings calculate increases from the 2008-09 academic year to the 2010-11 academic year and show that the UC Read More…
California higher education problems stem from resource allocation, report says
A report released Sunday by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni proposed that California’s higher education problems stem not from a lack of funding but from a misallocation of current resources. The Washington, D.C.-based independent nonprofit organization published the report amid debate about whether the crisis of public higher Read More…
Obama calls for improvements to student loan repayment plan
President Barack Obama is pushing for college students to be more aware of, and have easier access to, income-based repayment of student loans. In a presidential memorandum issued Thursday, Obama directed Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to streamline the process for income-based repayment plans and improve Internet resources for loan Read More…
UC Regents discuss redirecting return-to-aid funds
Faced with tuition increase, regents explore alternative funding methods
Faced with fiscal cuts dependent on thestate’s budget, which is set to be finalized in mid-June, the UC Board of Regents are seeking solutions to the university’s budget by exploring alternative methods of funding financial aid for UC students. At the May 16 regents’ meeting, at which regents discussed a Read More…
UC Berkeley to collaborate with private developers for student housing projects
In an effort to address the growing need for student housing under the constraints of continuing budget cuts for the university, UC Berkeley is considering private developers to oversee future housing projects. The first student housing project to be considered on campus for private and public collaboration is currently planned Read More…
Vote may determine UCLA business school’s departure from public funding
A proposal that would allow the UCLA Anderson School of Management to move away from public funding will be voted on next Thursday, raising concerns about the possible privatization of other UC graduate programs. The Legislative Assembly of the Academic Senate, Los Angeles Division, will vote next Thursday on the Read More…
Birgeneau condemns new legislation limiting out-of-state enrollment
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has requested that a proposed piece of state legislation that could cap out-of-state student enrollment at UC campuses be withdrawn from consideration by the state Senate. Birgeneau asked that Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Shafter, withdraw his proposed constitutional amendment — which would establish a 10 percent cap on out-of-state enrollment Read More…