Robert Powell

The UC Office of the President announced a 3 percent universitywide increase in salary for nonrepresented staff, as well as a 2 percent increase for faculty and nonrepresented academic personnel on Thursday, effective July 1.

Despite opposition from UC officials and faculty, California state senators unanimously passed a controversial online education bill on Thursday that creates a grant program for faculty at the state’s institutions of higher education to develop online courses.

The Academic Senate of the University of California signed an open letter last Friday condemning a senate bill requiring the state’s public colleges and universities to accept faculty-approved online college courses for credit.

UC President Mark Yudof has dismissed criticism that the UC is a dangerously politicized institution, according to letter correspondence released last week between his office and the California Association of Scholars.