At its meeting Thursday, the UC-wide Academic Senate approved two new transfer pathways that will simplify the transfer requirements and allow students to deviate from the standard general education requirements. According to Academic Senate Chair Robert Anderson, the senate adopted a change in regulations to create two new transfer pathways Read More…
The threat of a UC and CSU tuition hike in the middle of the 2012-13 academic year could increase college student voter turnout for the November election. Read More…
A University of California Academic Senate proposal introduced in early February requests that the UC Board of Regents endorse specific ballot measures or legislation that would increase revenue to the state and prioritize state allocation of funds to the university. The proposal, which was distributed to all senate faculty members, Read More…
Future University of California students may be asked to disclose their sexual orientation upon accepting an admissions offer to a UC campus. Recent legislation and efforts to obtain this information were introduced with the goal of improving campus data and resources available for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual Read More…
On Sunday, leaders of the UC Academic Senate sent a letter to UC President Mark Yudof supporting free speech for students on UC campuses and expressing outrage at police use of force during protests at UC Berkeley and UC Davis over the past few weeks. Alisha Azevedo is the lead Read More…
As the UC system faces another year of diminishing state support, a new policy has been proposed to increase salaries for certain faculty members to improve retention rates. The proposed Negotiated Salary Program would increase faculty salaries by tapping into the many sources of self-generated incomes faculty have access to Read More…
UC administrators have proposed that the employee pension contribution rate be raised to 6.5 percent in 2013, causing faculty representatives to fear that the rate will increase again in 2014 without a corresponding increase in employees’ salaries. At its November meeting, the UC Board of Regents will vote on the Read More…
With funding for its graduate academic students falling behind the UC’s competitor institutions, the UC Board of Regents discussed at their meeting Thursday how to increase funds for graduate students — a crucial part of the university’s academic excellence, according to faculty and administrators. Board members discussed eliminating nonresident graduate Read More…
