The UC Academic Council announced Aug. 2 that it was adopting a systemwide open access policy that aims to make all research conducted by UC faculty available free to the public. Read More…
Academic papers published by UC researchers will be available for free through eScholarship, a UC scholarly publishing service, starting in November. Read More…
The University of California released its 2012 payroll report on Wednesday, which showed that funding from state and educational fees continues to go down while compensation for UC employees remains below market. The total UC payroll of roughly $10.6 billion in 2011 grew to $11.2 billion in 2012. The highest source of Read More…
The UC Office of the President announced a 3 percent universitywide increase in salary for nonrepresented staff, as well as a 2 percent increase for faculty and nonrepresented academic personnel on Thursday, effective July 1. Read More…
Despite opposition from UC officials and faculty, California state senators unanimously passed a controversial online education bill on Thursday that creates a grant program for faculty at the state’s institutions of higher education to develop online courses. Read More…
The Academic Senate of the University of California signed an open letter last Friday condemning a senate bill requiring the state’s public colleges and universities to accept faculty-approved online college courses for credit. Read More…
UC President Mark Yudof has dismissed criticism that the UC is a dangerously politicized institution, according to letter correspondence released last week between his office and the California Association of Scholars. Read More…
In an effort to increase involvement in the UC Berkeley campus community during the selection process for the next chancellor, six members of the selection committee heard feedback from students, faculty and staff at a public forum Thursday. Campus community members expressed concern over the confidential nature of the search Read More…
On Monday, UC President Mark Yudof announced the 14 initial members of the advisory committee that will begin the search for outgoing UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s replacement. Per UC policy, the committee will consist of five UC regents, five UC faculty members — three from UC Berkeley and two 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…