SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents discussed salary increases for administrators when it met at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus for its meeting on Thursday. The board later passed a resolution to honor the students who died in May’s UC Santa Barbara shooting. It also confirmed Dr. Sam Hawgood as […]
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Regents meeting covers endowed chairs funding, sexual violence policy
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents discussed the UC’s sexual violence policy and setting up funds for endowed chair positions, among other things, when it met at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus for its meeting on Wednesday. The board later confirmed Avi Oved as student regent-designate, despite much controversy, and […]
UC Regents appoint Avi Oved as student regent-designate
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of California Board of Regents approved former undergraduate student government councilmember Avi Oved as the new student regent-designate Wednesday, despite concerns from some students about his appointment. Current Student Regent Sadia Saifuddin casted the only vote against Oved’s appointment, citing student concerns related to recent allegations against him of a […]
Proposed UC funding 25 percent lower than pre-recession years
The governor’s proposed funding level for the University of California is nearly 25 percent below what it was before the Great Recession, adjusted for inflation, according to a new report from a policy research agency. Gov. Jerry Brown designates $3 billion in state support for the UC in his 2014-2015 budget proposal, which includes an […]
Report calls for health care for undocumented individuals
Breast cancer runs in Blanca Villagomez’s family. It struck both her great-grandmother and grandmother, but her mother, who is undocumented and uninsured, has never been screened or even consulted a doctor about the possibility of developing it herself. “If we have health care costs to think about, that means big investments for us, paychecks lost, […]
California Budget Project says state should invest more in UC
A public policy research group recently said the state should invest more in its public higher education institutions, despite an increased funding level in the governor’s proposed budget. In its annual briefing conference of the governor’s budget proposal Wednesday, the California Budget Project said the governor’s budget for 2014-2015 focuses on fiscal sustainability, including paying […]
Government spending bill eases sequestration cuts to research, financial aid
President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday a $1.1 trillion spending bill that partially restores last year’s sequestration cuts from various federal research grants and financial aid programs. The budget agreement reached in Congress came at a time when University of California leaders have been mobilizing to combat the federal sequester cuts, which led to a […]