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CalSERVE candidate Varsha Sarveshwar is running unopposed for External Affairs Vice President, or EAVP, in the upcoming 2019 ASUC elections, campaigning on a platform to make student voices heard in “spaces of power” that make policy decisions affecting the campus community.
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In a press release published Feb. 22, California state Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, introduced SB 461, a bill he authored that works to extend the Cal Grant program so that it can offer financial aid for nine units of summer courses, or two summer terms.
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In order to help with that process, we have broken down a number of resources for students thinking about going abroad, as well as for students who have already made that commitment.
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UC Berkeley opens its doors to about 5,000 of the most promising Californian students each year. It is a breathtaking engine of mobility.
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I had been billed a hefty $1,400 by Financial Aid. The charge read “Federal Pell Grant.” That was it. No explanation. Nothing.
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The UC system is in a financial quandary. For years, the state’s per-student funding has fallen. That’s forced the university to pick its choice of three unique pills, each saddled with its share of negative side effects: slash the budget, raise tuition or find money elsewhere. The university has avoided
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Uribe, a first-generation Latinx student, said he was motivated to enroll in Summer Bridge last summer to better prepare for the rigor of college.
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This Monday, Congress passed a bipartisan budget deal to restore the summer Pell Grant, part of the larger federal Pell Grant financial aid program, which was originally repealed in 2011.
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President Donald Trump’s preliminary 2018 budget, which proposes a $9 billion reduction in funding for education, could mean significant changes for public education in Berkeley and across California.
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Current state Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez — both members of the Democratic party — are running to fill the vacancy left by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, who has served as one of California’s senators since 1993.
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