President Barack Obama is proposing a challenge to American universities: stop tuition hikes, raise graduation rates or face major cuts to federal funding. Read More…
After a drawn-out negotiation process ended unresolved, the University of California announced Tuesday that it will implement its last offer on wages and a revised pension plan to over 8,000 of its service workers. Read More…
Higher education officials are growing increasingly concerned about maintaining current levels of student enrollment, in part due to the rising price of a college degree, according to the results of a survey released last week. Read More…
The University of California has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a 2008 lawsuit stemming from the suicide of a prison inmate who was under the supervision of university psychiatrists. Read More…
The University of California filed a “friend of the court” brief last week, urging the US Supreme Court to strike down a Michigan voter initiative banning the consideration of race in admission to the state’s public universities. Read More…
The University of California issued a “friend of the court” brief to the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging that it strike down a Michigan voter initiative banning race-conscious admissions in state institutions, including public universities. Read More…
President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan bill to reform the federal government’s student loan system Friday afternoon, following the expiration of subsidies on some loans July 1 and a resulting month-long legislative battle in Congress. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents approved a change to its faculty code of conduct earlier this month to protect faculty members who wish to speak out against administrative policies from the possibility of losing their jobs. It comes as a surprise that this protection was not already in place; it Read More…
A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that the University of California must disclose the names of all police officers that were involved in the November 18th, 2011 UC Davis pepper-spray incident. Read More…
The news that the secretary of homeland security would be the next president of the University of California came as a surprise. While we are supportive of the unique experiences Janet Napolitano can bring, she has a lot to learn and a long way to go to convince dissenters that Read More…