The budget calls for a four-year tuition freeze for all students except those in professional schools, and discontinuation of a proposed unit cap ons state-subsidized coures, which could have affected 2,200 UC students in the next school year. Read More…
Increasing undergraduate nonresident enrollment at UC Berkeley may decrease campus racial and socioeconomic diversity, according to research released this month. Read More…
In the face of deteriorating state funding, the UC has turned toward enrolling more nonresident students to make up for revenue shortfalls, prompting concerns over the UC’s commitment to its public mission. Read More…
UC Berkeley maintained the ethnic composition of its freshman admits and has accepted fewer in-state students this year while increasing nonresident acceptance rates, according to data released by the UC Office of the President Thursday. Read More…
Watch a video interview with Jonathan Stein, the UC Student Regent-designate. On June 30, Stein will assume his role as the next voting student member on the UC Board of Regents, charged with representing over 222,000 students, making decisions for a system plagued with dwindling state support, rising fees and Read More…
The latest UC fundraising effort could have the university singing for dollars. The new program, called the “Promise Platform,” will turn students and young alumni into fundraisers by asking them to use social media to solicit donations from friends and family in exchange for promising to complete a given task. Read More…
A special committee of the UC Board of Regents met Tuesday to begin the process of selecting a successor to UC President Mark Yudof. Read More…
A California state senator proposed legislation that would require at least one polling site on every University of California and California State University campus, Tuesday. Read More…
Despite proposed increases in state funding for higher education, members of the UC Board of Regents expressed concerns about Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, citing it as a temporary solution to long-term financial woes at their meeting Thursday. Read More…
It comes with some level of dejection that we begrudgingly endorse the regents’ decision to increase fees on 50 of 57 professional degree programs. When it comes to UC tuition, the frame of discussion has shifted — no longer is the question if there will be increases but how much and when and to whom. Read More…
