Mark Yudof

The former dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law recently co-founded The Opportunity Institute — a Berkeley-based nonprofit organization devoted to advancing social mobility and education equity.

Recently, the Graduate Student Assembly and the ASUC have addressed this issue by passing resolutions targeting faculty diversity. The assembly passed a bill in April endorsing the election of graduate students to participate in the faculty hiring process.

The UC Office of the President announced Thursday a series of measures to ensure an inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff across the University of California.

Lafayette -- UC president Janet Napolitano and former UC president Mark Yudof exchanged ideas about the future of higher education at an event organized by the Commonwealth Club of California Thursday.

A recent campus study found that women and ethnic minority faculty earn slightly lower average salaries than non-minority male faculty.

The university community needs to continue pressing the state government for increased funding. At the same time, students are right to demand a freeze on tuition and transparency in University accounting. Students, faculty and the public will be better served when university leaders reject the corporate model.

Experts discussed the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at a panel at the Bancroft Hotel Tuesday.

If a UC Berkeley student wants to attend a lecture in a hall that bears his or her name, he or she might have to fork over at least a $1 million donation to campus.

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.