When Dirks assumes office on June 1, he may find an unlikely ally in Brown at a time in which state funding has fallen to constitute just over 10 percent of UC Berkeley’s budget. Read More…
Here is a timeline of some important events from the last year you might want to know before beginning your first semester at UC Berkeley. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents will discuss a proposal for professional degree tuition at its meeting next week, which holds tuition constant for many programs but increases fees for nursing and new degree programs. Read More…
California Governor Jerry Brown was named Education Governor of the Year by the National Education Association, a nationwide labor union that represents public school teachers and other education staff, on Thursday. Read More…
In November 2012, for the first time in more than two decades, Californians elected to directly raise taxes on themselves by passing Proposition 30 by a healthy 10-point margin. By passing Prop. 30, Californian voters affirmed their commitment to fully fund public education by sacrificing more of their paycheck with Read More…
For the most part, student activists got it right on Monday. Unlike last year, the demonstration in support of higher education in Sacramento passed without major incident, allowing focus to remain on students’ lobbying efforts. At the same time, though, the event may indicate that student activism is facing something Read More…
Education is suffering. The economy is forcing too many people to rely on government assistance, and we are not doing enough to promote renewable energy. We have a problem when California, the ninth largest economy in the world, has a 9.8 percent unemployment rate. Enrollment at California community colleges has Read More…
Now is not the right time to push for the passage of a state oil severance tax. Certainly, a conversation about the issue is warranted — California is the fourth-largest oil producer in the country and one of the only such states without a severance tax. But passing the tax Read More…
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UC Berkeley students have initiated a campaign for an oil tax to generate funds for education among other government entities. Californians for Responsible Economic Development – the student-run committee – hopes to repeat the success of Proposition 30 by focusing on mobilizing students. Read More…