Hans Johnson

On its first day of virtual meetings this week, the UC Board of Regents approved the construction of UC Berkeley’s Data Hub building and discussed improving admission processes to be more fair and accessible.

A bill was introduced in the state Assembly on Tuesday that would cap the percentage of nonresident undergraduate students enrolled in the University of California at 15.5 percent.

A legislative committee will be meeting into next week to discuss the governor’s university funding plan and potential additional funding for enrollment growth, among other budgetary issues.

Undergraduate tuition for California residents will not go up in the next two years and the state will make a large investment in the university’s pension system, according to an agreement reached between UC President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown.

At its meeting this week, the UC Board of Regents is set to establish a new long term funding model centered around the university’s tuition increase plan released earlier this month.

The University of California released a plan Thursday to increase tuition over the next five years, a policy that comes in the wake of state disinvestment and one that clashes with Gov. Jerry Brown’s vision of higher education funding.

With the introduction of a potential tuition increase policy, two plans for funding the University of California — one offered by the university and the other offered by Gov. Jerry Brown — are at odds.

With 34 days down and 9 to go, a major University of California funding initiative — dubbed the Promise for Education — has raised more than $1.1 million from over 3,000 contributions.

Despite rising levels of total student debt over the past 10 years, better employment prospects and higher income enable most university students to pay off their loans, according to a report published last Monday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

A report released Tuesday warns that the recent trend of cuts in state funding for higher education not only poses harms the quality of student education but also poses a risk to state economies.