Donations to a state fund for Cal Grant B awards have come in slowly, with just about $6.3 million collected out of a $500 million annual cap, according to the state treasurer’s office. In the upcoming May legislative session, the state will discuss plans to extend the College Access Tax Credit Fund by a year, […]
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UCLA researchers to lead study surveying U.S. transgender population
Researchers at UCLA are leading a new study that aims to obtain an accurate snapshot of the transgender population in the United States. The yearlong study, which was announced earlier this week, will be the first of its kind to use random sampling methods to obtain data about the transgender community. Researchers expect to find […]
Student protesters call for divestment at regents investment meeting
Student protesters disrupted a University of California investments planning meeting Friday at UCLA, calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies and companies some say are involved in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The students also protested against the UC’s plan to increase tuition. The UC Board of Regents Committee on […]
Student protesters call for divestment at regents investment meeting
Student protesters disrupted a University of California investments planning meeting Friday at UCLA, calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies and companies some say are involved in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The students also protested against the UC’s plan to increase tuition. The UC Board of Regents Committee on […]
Mandatory K-14 funding under Prop. 98 affects state spending on UC
State funding for the University of California has been falling for decades, in part due to a law that requires the state to give more than a third of its general funds to K-12 schools and community colleges. Proposition 98, passed in 1988 and amended by Proposition 111 two years later, established a minimum state […]
Regents vote in support of creating committee to examine UC finances
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents voted to move forward with Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to establish a committee to avoid tuition increases, and discussed the University’s sexual assault response and prevention efforts as well as student athletes’ academic performance at its meeting Wednesday. Brown’s advisory committee On Wednesday, the UC […]
University to present progress update on UC Commission on the Future
University administrators will be presenting the first progress update in five years of the UC Commission on the Future’s recommendations Wednesday at the University of California Board of Regents meeting. Co-chaired by then-UC Board of Regents chairman Russell Gould and then-UC President Mark Yudof, the UC Commission on the Future was formed in July 2009 […]