Arriving 10 minutes early to his first official workday on the job, Nicholas Dirks was eager to begin his term as UC Berkeley’s new chancellor. Read More…
When Governor Jerry Brown signed the state budget Thursday he vetoed provisions that he proposed in January for online courses in the higher education item that would have mandated the UC to spend $10 million on online course development. Read More…
California lawmakers passed a revised 2013-14 state budget on Friday that increases funding for the UC but excludes funding-tied performance outcome requirements that were proposed in Gov. Brown’s original budget draft.
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The Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) have agreed to a permanent 2.5% increase to teachers’ 2012-2013 salaries. Read More…
Hundreds of friends, family and students gathered at the Greek Theater Monday morning to witness their loved ones receive diplomas as well as hear Governor Jerry Brown speak at the the Department of Political Science’s commencement ceremony.
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The Fiat Lux Remix project was an intercampus and interdepartmental endeavor designed to provide “a springboard to think about our present-day university and imagine the future university we would like to create.” Read More…
Garcia finds himself in a similar place as other faculty members participating in the UC Online pilot program — a system-wide effort aimed at expanding the university’s online education offerings — as professors face the pains that come with developing and experimenting with online education. Read More…
Online education has come to the forefront of the UC agenda following a push by Gov. Jerry Brown and the UC Board of Regents to solve the university’s fiscal problems despite an unclear business model.
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Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2013-14 budget increases state funding to the University of California and attempts to influence university policy. Read More…
On Wednesday, the second of this week’s UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay campus focused on the system-wide expansion of online education and its implications for the UC. Read More…
