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UC Berkeley to abandon SHIP

Campus to return to locally managed health care plan

Following months of controversy, UC Berkeley announced that it will withdraw from the systemwide UC Student Health Insurance Plan in the fall. Read More…

UC freshman applicant pool composition shifts

UC campuses have seen a surge in freshman applications this year, with especially high numbers of nonresident and Latino applicants. This year, Chicano and Latino applicants are for the first time the largest ethnic group represented in the overall UC applicant pool. Read More…

Break the ice

UNIVERSITY ISSUES: A plan to freeze tuition at first-year rates has positive intentions but is a poor solution that could do more harm than good.

There’s a difference between theory and reality. In theory, UC Irvine alumnus Chris Campbell’s plan to freeze undergraduate public college tuition at first-year rates is good. But in reality, the plan won’t work, and could very well do more harm than good. Freezing tuition does not address the real problem: the state government. Read More…