The California Assembly passed a bill Monday, allowing California community colleges to charge all students out-of-state tuition during summer and winter sessions, regardless of residency. Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Wednesday a new minimum wage of $10 an hour, to be implemented gradually, which puts California on track to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Read More…
A state constitutional amendment that would allow California’s institutions of public education to give preferential treatment based on race and ethnicity, passed the state Senate Committee on Education July 3. Read More…
Despite rising levels of total student debt over the past 10 years, better employment prospects and higher income enable most university students to pay off their loans, according to a report published last Monday by the Public Policy Institute of California. Read More…
UC President Mark Yudof spoke at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, answering questions about his tenure as president and the complicated problems that public higher education has faced in recent years. Yudof, who is set to step down in August after almost five years in office, leaves behind a mixed Read More…
A report released Tuesday warns that the recent trend of cuts in state funding for higher education not only poses harms the quality of student education but also poses a risk to state economies. 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…
Just five days from the election, about 16 students gathered at Barrows Hall Thursday evening to hear a presentation by the UC student regents about the effects of Proposition 30, a ballot measure that could prevent a 20 percent tuition hike in January, on the UC’s budget. At the presentation, Read More…
Support for Proposition 30, which will determine whether the UC is dealt a series of budget cuts, has fallen just short of a majority, according to polling data released Tuesday from the California Business Roundtable. Read More…
The fate of Berkeley Unified School District’s economic situation lies in the hands of voters in this November’s election. Read More…