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A committee of the UC Board of Regents, the university’s governing body, approved a tuition increase plan despite large on-site student protests, which included arrests, and opposition by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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At its meeting this week, the UC Board of Regents is set to establish a new long term funding model centered around the university’s tuition increase plan released earlier this month.
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The University of California released a plan Thursday to increase tuition over the next five years, a policy that comes in the wake of state disinvestment and one that clashes with Gov. Jerry Brown’s vision of higher education funding.
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The UC Board of Regents is set to consider a new tuition increase policy at its November meeting that will link future tuition increases to levels of state funding for the UC budget, according to the chair of the University of California Student Association.
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Dear Gov. Brown, Congratulations. Being governor of one of the largest and the most populated states in the nation, one with a rich history of leading the way in countless policy issues, is no easy task. Although we seem to have survived the worst of the recession, neither economists nor
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The UC Regents focused on a shortfall of state funding in discussing next year’s budget at their board meeting Wednesday, with little talk of potential tuition hikes for students.
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The University of California announced Monday the formation of UC Ventures, an independent investing entity that will fund commercial endeavors developed from UC research. The UC Regents is set to vote on moving forward with the proposal Thursday. The fund aims to promote student and faculty research while maintaining a competitive
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The Berkeley Faculty Association urged the UC Regents to divest from fossil fuels Sunday just five days before the UC Task Force on Sustainable Investing presents its recommendations to the Regents.
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In a meeting Wednesday, a committee of the California State Senate unanimously approved moving four appointees to the UC Board of Regents on to confirmation from the Senate.
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Given his donor’s potential violation of Federal Tax Law in funding his student government campaign and his complete lack of transparency on the issue it is clear that Avi Oved does not uphold the values one would expect from a student leader. Therefore to preserve these values of student government in the UC system, we respectively call upon Avi Oved to immediately withdraw himself from the student regent nomination process.
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