The Legislative Analyst’s Office criticized major portions of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for higher education in a report published Tuesday. Read More…
California lawmakers voted to establish a middle-class scholarship program on Saturday that will slash tuition for middle-income students at UC and CSU schools by up to 40 percent. Read More…
Sacramento is finally starting to seriously reverse its divestment from higher education. With the state beginning to emerge from a deep slump of deficits and spending cuts, Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month announced a budget plan for the next fiscal year that proposes sorely needed increased funding to the Read More…
Online education is an attractive venue for universities to explore, and for good reason. It offers many advantages to higher education institutions, from the prospect of saving costs to expediting students’ time in the classroom and expanding a university’s reach. But if UC officials are going to invest heavily in Read More…
Dear Nicholas Dirks, Congratulations on your selection as UC Berkeley’s next chancellor. Your reputation will rise or fall depending on your ability to navigate an unpredictable and sometimes explosive political environment, win the trust of students who are notoriously wary of authority and guide the world’s leading public university through Read More…
As California attempts to weather its current fiscal crisis, sacrifices will have to be made. The budget will need to be cut, and taxes may need to be raised. But we must carefully consider whom we will ask to sacrifice. We should be able to ask our state universities — Read More…
The recently released details of the California state budget indicate that while there will be no immediate effect on UC student tuition, the Cal Grant system will experience a 5 percent decrease on some grants. Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $142.6 billion budget that included a tuition freeze which means there will be no immediate tuition increases for students in the UC and CSU systems for the 2012-2013 school year. Read More…
According to a report released Monday, California awarded almost $1.3 billion in financial aid in 2010-11. The figure represents a 22 percent increase from the previous year — a significant rise when compared to the 2.5 percent average increase in state financial aid across the United States. Read More…
Efforts from State Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, and student associations secured a tuition freeze for both UC and CSU systems contingent upon a Wednesday vote in the state legislature and approval by Gov. Jerry Brown. Read More…
