Academics

A new round of student loan forgiveness that covers $39 billion for 804,000 students began July 14, adding to the Biden-Harris administration discharging over $116.6 billion for 3.4 million students, according to a July 14 press release by the U.S. Department of Education.

Anastassia Fedyk, UC Berkeley professor of economics, has founded multiple organizations which aim to help Ukrainian citizens as the war against Russia continues. 

After three drafts, four years, and hundreds of public comments, the California State Board of Education has passed the 2023 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools to encourage “equity and excellence” in math learning, according to a California Department of Education press release. 

In recent years, UC Berkeley has made many efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, within course content on campus to support students and faculty. 

UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program has allowed undergraduate students to engage in projects alongside campus researchers since 1991.

Occupiers of the UC Berkeley George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library reached an agreement with campus and ended their 85-day occupation, as announced by both groups Tuesday.

Affirmative action has been a starkly divisive issue, pitting minority groups against each other throughout American history. Many believe that the Supreme Court’s elimination of affirmative action has now further divided minority groups. 

The UC Board of Admission and Relations with Schools, or BOARS, voted Friday to undo a decision to allow data science to count instead of Algebra II for UC undergraduate admissions requirements.

Following the recent death of esteemed whistleblower for the Pentagon Papers and advisory board member Daniel Ellsberg, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism is creating a whistleblower program, with the intention of leading a conversation to improve interactions between journalists and whistleblowers.

As another school year approaches, incoming freshmen will soon choose their classes for next year. Students have many tools available to them, from online platforms such as Berkeleytime and RateMyProfessor to Golden Bear Advising, or GBA.