Author Archives: Andrew Edwards

The state commission that oversees higher education will consider recommendations for a long-term student fee policy that would seek to reduce the influence of politics and budgetary cycles on fee increases. The California Postsecondary Education Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday at their meeting in Sacramento on a set of policy recommendations that, if written […]

Muslim and Jewish students met Monday evening to eat dinner together after a day of fasting and to pray for peace. The gathering, held behind Kerckhoff Hall at 5:00 p.m. drew about 100 attendees, including members of the Muslim Students Association and the Progressive Jewish Students Association. The groups scheduled the event as an opportunity […]

The search for the next president of the University of California moved one step forward Friday with the selection of a special UC Board of Regents committee to find a successor for current President Richard Atkinson, who recently announced his plans to retire next October. The nine-member committee is scheduled to begin work following the […]

The University of California will have a new president next October, and though the selection process is still in its very early stages, some who will have a voice in the decision have already commented on what the UC should look for in a new leader. A special committee is to be selected by John […]

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Academic Senate presented its review of the university’s one-year-old controversial admissions policy to the UC Board of Regents on Thursday. The report, first released last week, gave high marks to UC admissions policies as implemented during the first year of comprehensive review. The report study found that academic […]

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents voted to pass a preliminary budget plan Thursday for the 2003-2004 fiscal year that could include a 6.5 percent student fee hike, if the state does not provide requested funds. If the final version of the budget is approved next year, a hike would compensate […]

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Budget plans for a new engineering building at UCLA were approved by committee at the University of California Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday. The project will replace the Engineering 1 building, which houses part of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, as it has been given a “poor” […]