UC Berkeley maintained the ethnic composition of its freshman admits and has accepted fewer in-state students this year while increasing nonresident acceptance rates, according to data released by the UC Office of the President Thursday. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents filed an appeal with the UC Board of Regents to overturn an earlier ruling mandating the university to disclose information on its investment returns, according to a statement released Thursday. Read More…
Memorial Stadium’s renovation — a $321 million, multiyear endeavor that yielded a gleaming, earthquake-proof temple of football — has long been short on cash. In the beginning, campus officials contended that, recession and common sense be damned, donors would pay for almost the entire cost by purchasing expensive season tickets. Read More…
UC Berkeley announced plans for the construction of a new, multimillion dollar aquatics facility to alleviate overcrowding and provide more training space for athletes. 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…
Mark Yudof became president of the University of California at an incredibly difficult time. Just a few months after he took office in June 2008, the nation suffered its worst financial catastrophe since the Great Depression, and, in the years that followed, state funds for higher education were slashed significantly, 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…
The UC Board of Regents has forced UC Berkeley’s next chancellor into an awkward position. Earlier this week, the regents inappropriately awarded Nicholas Dirks, who will replace Robert Birgeneau as chancellor in June, a $50,000 pay increase above his predecessor’s salary. While the extra funding for Dirks’ pay will not Read More…
Occupy Cal is dead, but that doesn’t mean student activism should disappear. One year ago, protesters at UC Berkeley used the momentum of Occupy Wall Street to establish a movement that, at least for a short period of time, consumed the campus. However, since Nov. 15 of last year, turnout Read More…
For years, the University of California has struggled to ensure that it maintains access for as many state residents as possible while also preserving its academic excellence. And while the university is clearly in need of dramatic structural changes to adapt to the recurring problems it faces, tough short-term decisions Read More…
