middle class scholarship

It is our responsibility as current students to ensure that the UC system is accessible for future generations, because past UC students did it for us.

Following considerable deliberation, California state legislators approved a $262.6 billion budget proposal Monday, compromising with Gov. Gavin Newsom on key topics such as economic stimulus, homelessness and higher education.

John Pérez was elected as the 2019-20 chair of the UC Board of Regents in May and started working in the new position July 1.

The California Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance approved the “Degrees Not Debt” budget plan Tuesday designed to make higher education in California more accessible and affordable.

The White House announced changes to the Free Application For Federal Student Aid on Sunday in an attempt to make the application process faster and simpler.

Two candidates will face off for the governor’s seat in California this election, each with a different view of how to organize and fund the state's higher education system.

UC officials estimate that roughly 24,000 UC students are eligible to receive a new state scholarship geared toward middle class families and will be notified of their award amounts mid-September.

Disbursal of a new scholarship to California public university students from middle-class families will be delayed after the legislature made changes to the scholarship’s eligibility requirements last month.

Governor Brown signed a state budget bill Thursday that aims to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of higher education in California by reinvesting funds in the state’s public universities.