Proposal to use grants, other sources to fund salary increases causes concern
As the UC system faces another year of diminishing state support, a new policy has been proposed to increase salaries for certain faculty members to improve retention rates. The proposed Negotiated...
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Future UC students may be asked to declare sexual orientation
Future University of California students may be asked to disclose their sexual orientation upon accepting an admissions offer to a UC campus. Recent legislation and efforts to obtain this information...
View ArticleProposal requests that regents endorse UC-friendly ballot measures
A University of California Academic Senate proposal introduced in early February requests that the UC Board of Regents endorse specific ballot measures or legislation that would increase revenue to the...
View ArticleRetirement of UC provost postponed as university searches for successor
The retirement of Lawrence Pitts, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for the UC, has been temporarily delayed as the search for his successor continues, according to UC...
View ArticleA quantitative question
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...
View ArticleBirgeneau calls increasing campus autonomy appropriate evolution of UC
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...
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Online education bill passes in state Senate despite opposition
Wikipedia/CourtesyCalifornia state senators unanimously passed a controversial online education bill Thursday that creates a grant program for faculty at the state’s higher education institutions to...
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Yudof approves UCLA proposal to make MBA program self-supporting
Lexy Atmore/CourtesyUC 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. Previously, the programs...
View ArticleAcademic Senate passes policy making UC research free to public
The UC Academic Senate announced Friday that it has approved an open access research policy to ensure that all UC faculty research will be made freely available to the public. Starting in November,...
View ArticleOpen contradictions
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...
View ArticleStudents of Color Solidarity Coalition expresses ongoing discontent with...
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,...
View ArticleUC academic employees to receive 3 percent salary increase
To help compensate for rising costs of living in California, UC faculty and other nonunionized academic staff will receive a 3-percent salary increase starting July 1 under a recent directive from UC...
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UC Regents discuss UCOP audit implementation, student climate
UC Regents discuss UCOP audit implementation, student climate Audrey Mcnamara/Senior StaffThe UC Regents assembled Wednesday at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center for the second day of its regular...
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UC system considers California standardized test as factor in admissions...
UC system considers California standardized test as factor in admissions decisions Manooshree Patel/StaffThe UC system is considering a proposal to add the 11th-grade Smarter Balanced Assessment...
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UC Academic Council releases report on effectiveness of standardized testing
UC Academic Council releases report on effectiveness of standardized testing Flickr/Creative CommonsThe UC Academic Council’s Standardized Testing Task Force published its report on the effectiveness...
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UC, please keep SAT, ACT
UC, please keep SAT, ACT The UC system recently abolished the usage of the SAT/ACT in admissions. Its reason for the move was to support Latinx and Black applicants, who tend to have lower SAT/ACT...
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UC Academic Council calls for radical reform of UC police force
UC Academic Council calls for radical reform of UC police force Ariel Hayat/FileA UCPD car parked outside of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.The UCPD is in need of a “visionary and...
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UC Board of Regents discusses student financial aid letters
UC Board of Regents discusses student financial aid letters The UC regents discuss financial aid throughout the university system and ways to help students better understand their financial aid...
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