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With our emails piling up, it’s pretty easy to miss campus announcements by our chancellor and the UC president. We’re happy our schedules are starting to slow down, however, and we decided to do a close reading of their announcements — because no one really reads them anyway. Has one of
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In naming Janet Napolitano president of the University of California, the UC Board of Regents has made a tragic mistake. The regents are sending a terrible message about the future of the university and the future of public education in our country. Given the pressures that critical thought, the independence
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UC President Janet Napolitano took a bold step Wednesday at the UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco, proposing an undergraduate tuition freeze for the 2014-15 academic year. The tuition freeze, in addition to a number of other progressive measures announced at the meeting, show Napolitano is going to
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UC President Janet Napolitano and the 10 UC chancellors sent a letter to members of the California congressional delegation Thursday, urging them to work with Congress to repeal sequestration.
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Gov. Jerry Brown handed the UC Board of Regents what he called a “reality sandwich” Thursday, saying if the university doesn’t change its long-term approach to financial planning, students will face a massive tuition hike in the near future.
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UC President Janet Napolitano proposed a freeze in undergraduate tuition for the 2014-15 school year in a public address before the UC Board of Regents on Wednesday as part of a larger plan to develop a more sustainable long-term tuition model for the university.
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The cries of protesters at the November meeting of the UC Regents escalated to screams Tuesday as students and activists demanded that Janet Napolitano step down from her position as UC president.
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The UC Board of Regents will convene this week for their November meeting, in a three-day long session that will focus on the university budget, private funding for UC, and support for doctoral students.
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Editor’s note: This is part of our wider coverage of the inauguration of Nicholas Dirks as UC Berkeley’s 10th chancellor on Nov. 8, 2013. Click here to see our page documenting the day. On November 8, 2013, UC Berkeley celebrated the installment of its 10th Chancellor, Nicholas B. Dirks. Berkeley was filled with
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Chancellor Nicholas Dirks was inaugurated as UC Berkeley’s tenth chancellor Friday in a ceremony that focused on his plans to reinvigorate the campus’ pursuit of its public mission.
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