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David Crane officially lost his seat on the UC Board of Regents Tuesday because the California State Senate did not move to confirm him to the board within a year of his appointment, as required by state law. Crane, who worked for over two decades at a multibillion dollar investment
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Over the course of a more than four hour joint legislative hearing in Sacramento Wednesday, state legislators sought answers from UC and CSU officials regarding police use of force against nonviolent protesters in recent weeks. Legislators repeatedly questioned officials — including UC President Mark Yudof and UC Davis Chancellor Linda
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After more than three years of negotiations, the University of California reached a five-year agreement Monday on wages and benefits for more than 12,500 university clerical staff, a deal which will be effective through November 2016. Under the new contract between the university and the Coalition of University Employees —
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Gov. Jerry Brown slashed the University of California’s budget by $100 million Tuesday, bringing the total budget reductions for the system to $750 million for the current fiscal year. Since state revenues fell more than $2.2 billion short of projections, Brown was forced to initiate “trigger cuts” to education and
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The allocation of Cal Grants could become the responsibility of individual college campuses through new legislation recommended by the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst’s Office, the office announced in a report released Monday. The recommendation, which aims to “streamline” financial aid, would shift the duty of distributing the grants to the
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Gov. Jerry Brown plans to bypass the state legislature by filing an initiative with the state Attorney General’s office that would generate nearly $7 billion in dedicated funding for public safety and education. In an open letter to the people of California Monday, Brown announced a proposal that would require
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UC President Mark Yudof appointed 12 students, faculty, staff and alumni Monday to a task force charged with investigating the controversial pepper-spraying incident that occurred at UC Davis Nov. 18. Most members of the task force have an affiliation with UC Davis and were nominated by campus organizations, the UC
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UC faculty members sent a message to UC President Mark Yudof Nov. 27 in opposition to the security group hired for the purpose of investigating the pepper spraying of students at UC Davis. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations — a group that represents UC faculty members outside
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A new report released by California’s bipartisan financial analyst predicts that the state DREAM Act will cost about $25 million more than previously estimated and could decrease the funding available for resident students currently seeking aid. The state Legislative Analyst’s Office report released Wednesday states that resident students seeking state
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As police faced off with protesters at the UC Board of Regents’ meeting Monday, the board approved over a quarter million dollars in raises and stipends to 10 campus administrators and lawyers. The raises — finalized at a chaotic meeting during which protesters forced proceedings to a halt — were
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