Graduate Assembly defines childcare as basic need

The campus Graduate Assembly passed a resolution this month defining access to affordable childcare as a basic student need, equivalent to food and housing security.
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The campus Graduate Assembly passed a resolution this month defining access to affordable childcare as a basic student need, equivalent to food and housing security.
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Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs’ Residential and Student Service Programs LeNorman Strong has announced plans to retire from his position in May.
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UC Berkeley cut the ribbon to its fifth early childhood education center to much fanfare Wednesday, in advance of the center’s opening to 42 youngsters in August.
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Briana Starks says that when she walked into UC Berkeley’s Early Childhood Education Program office, and watched as an admissions coordinator calculate, in front of her, how much she was saving she could not bring herself to feel much gratitude.
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About 200 UC Berkeley students, faculty members and clerical workers gathered on Upper Sproul Plaza around noon to protest recent tuition increases and the management of UC funds.
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UC Berkeley will bring in management services from a for-profit child care provider to its Early Childhood Education Program next year — a move that has come under fire from parents.
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UC Berkeley officials announced Wednesday that faculty members will be eligible for a new backup care program for children and adults beginning this summer, following extensive negotiations between campus officials and an international child care service. Beginning July 1, faculty members will be eligible to use 40 total hours of
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