Around 40 UC Berkeley students traveled to Sacramento to join a group of 2,000 protesters demonstrating in the March for Higher Education, a lobbying effort to increase state funding for universities and community colleges.
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Fitch Ratings announced Thursday that bonds issued by the University of California have been rated AA+. Read More…
A recent survey reveals that more Californians want to increase state support for public higher education and protect it from budget cuts. Read More…
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was previously published in the California Aggie. Here at the University of California, students are living in interesting times. After nearly a billion dollars in state funding cuts and a doubling of tuition in just five years, 2013 looks to deliver at least a moment of Read More…
The Legislative Analyst’s Office published a report on Monday praising Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed state budget for its fiscal restraint but also raising concerns about the governor’s plans for higher education. Read More…
ASUC External Affairs Vice President Shahryar Abbasi spent the week leading up to last week’s election working from 7 a.m. to midnight to make sure UC Berkeley students were informed on Election Day. One of the pieces of legislation on which Abbasi worked tirelessly to educate students was Proposition 30, Read More…
The UC Board of Regents is set to meet Wednesday for the second in a three day set of meetings held this week at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. Read More…
After a request from Gov. Jerry Brown, the UC Board of Regents have postponed discussions to raise supplemental tuition for certain graduate programs, officials announced Tuesday. Read More…
Faculty and members of the administration discussed the University of California’s fiscal situation in the wake of Tuesday’s election results at the UC Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate meeting Wednesday.
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As of Wednesday morning with almost all precincts reporting, voting results showed Proposition 30 had passed by a significant margin, with 54 percent in favor and 46 percent opposed. Read More…