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The UC system is considering a proposal to add the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, or SBAC, as an additional factor for freshman admission.
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The UC Regents assembled Wednesday at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center for the second day of its regular July meeting. Among the presented topics, the regents discussed student life, implementation of UCOP audit recommendations and potentially adding letters of recommendation to the UC application process.
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UC faculty and other non-unionized staff will receive a 3 percent salary increase starting July 1, under a recent directive from UC President Janet Napolitano.
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Almost three months after Janet Napolitano took office as UC President, the Students of Color Solidarity Coalition, a group of UC Berkeley students acting as part of a larger statewide movement, continues to oppose her appointment vocally.
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Earlier this summer, The Daily Calfornian wrote an editorial in support of the nationwide open access movement, which aims to make results of government-funded research freely available to the public online. On July 24, the UC Academic Senate proudly announced that beginning in November, anyone will be able to access
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Academic papers published by UC researchers will be available for free through eScholarship, a UC scholarly publishing service, starting in November.
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UC President Mark Yudof approved the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s proposal to change its full-time MBA program to self-supporting status last week.
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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.
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In an interview Tuesday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau responded to criticism of the controversial report he and other campus officials released Monday urging for increased local governance at UC campuses. The proposal — which recommends that campuses be given control over approval of capital projects, academic programs and salaries
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Diversity remains a hot topic across the University of California system. At UC Berkeley, for example, the Division of Equity and Inclusion oversees initiatives to better serve students of all backgrounds. A plan that would ask new UC students to state their sexual orientation is a positive step toward further
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