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Public policy professor Robert Reich filled the 400 person International House’s Chevron auditorium to fire-code capacity on Tuesday night for a lecture on inequality and the current economic system, the subject of his latest book, “Saving Capitalism.”
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As of September, four UC Berkeley alumni have been appointed to work with the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers.
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Emphasizing the middle class as the forefront of the White House’s agenda, the Obama administration’s 2016 fiscal budget plan includes various policies to make higher education more attainable for students.
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The University of California released last year’s payroll data Wednesday, illuminating both salary increases and a continued earning gap between male and female faculty salaries.
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California’s community colleges may soon be able to charge higher fees for certain high-demand classes, after both houses of the California State Legislature passed a bill earlier this month. Normally, California residents pay about $46 per unit to take classes at community colleges, with each class offering about three units.
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The ASUC Senate has introduced a bill in support of reforming Proposition 13 — an amendment to California’s constitution that placed limits on property taxes — in the hopes of raising state revenue and increasing funds for higher education.
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President Barack Obama is proposing a challenge to American universities: stop tuition hikes, raise graduation rates or face major cuts to federal funding.
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The ranking of UC Berkeley’s salary earning potential as compared to other U.S. state universities dropped from second place in 2010-11 to fifth place in a 2011-12 PayScale report released this week. The report lists median salary for UC Berkeley graduates with five years of experience or less as $51,400,
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