At the second day of their three-day meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents and various UC administrators debated the merits of adopting a formal policy to increase the enrollment of out-of-state students at the system’s nine undergraduate campuses. Read More…
The board’s Committee on Grounds and Buildings approved the university’s 2013-14 Budget for State Capital Improvements, which requests $788.5 million from the state to fund 39 capital projects across the system. Read More…
California needs a new long-term plan for public higher education. In the wake of the passage of Proposition 30 — whose rejection would have triggered a staggering $250 million budget cut to the University of California and a likely 20.3 percent tuition increase — it is easy for officials to Read More…
Individuals associated with University of California are the largest group of donors to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, according to research by The Center for Responsive Politics.Administrators, faculty, staff and others associated with the UC have donated a total of $1,092,906 to Obama’s campaign, about $300,000 more than individuals from Read More…
In an attempt to foster relationships oriented toward careers and academics, four California college students have launched a new video-chatting platform last week designed specifically for the UC community. Using one-on-one video chats, UCMeTalk aims to encourage networking and collaboration between UC students, faculty and alumni and establish a unified and virtual Read More…
Declining state funding and skyrocketing tuition at the University of California may lead some to believe that the university is losing its grip on its long-held prestigious status. But despite its many challenges, the university is still an indispensable state resource. As highlighted by Onward California, the university’s campaign for Read More…
Dwindling state funding has lent a new significance to the push for private donations at UC Berkeley and throughout the UC system. Read More…
Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have given the University of California’s more than 14,000 graduate student research assistants the same rights that other UC employees have under the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act. These rights include the freedom to form a union if a majority of Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a state senate bill Sunday that would grant collective bargaining rights to graduate student research assistants at the state’s public universities. California State Senate Bill 259 would have extended a 1979 act that gave university employees the right to collectively bargain to apply to graduate student Read More…
Today, UC Berkeley’s application for fall 2013 admission will become available online. Nervous high school seniors around the world will finally be able to begin the rather unpleasant process of compiling grades, SAT scores, extracurricular activities and essays and entering them into the university’s sleek, blue application portal. Unfortunately, UC Read More…
