California budget increases UC funding

Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s multi-billion dollar budget Thursday, which includes increased funding for the University of California and a new statewide scholarship program for middle-class students. The $96.3 billion budget allocates $2.67 billion to the UC, a 5 percent increase from last year. For the second year in a row, the UC has seen […]

Undocumented student returns to UCLA as a result of deferred action policy

He was 16 years old and needed a job with more structure. But he didn’t have the required identification papers as an undocumented resident.

So he turned to identification dealers, who drove him around Santa Ana, Calif. and gave him specific instructions to jump into a different car when they parked. They told him he was going be taken care of.

FAFSA to include same-sex and unmarried parents

Starting next year, students applying for federal student aid must provide financial information about unmarried or same-sex parents who live together – a move officials say is likely to decrease the amount of aid awarded to them. Previously, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms only collected information from both parents if they were […]

Proposal would extend sales tax to online purchases

Yuletpsi Barreto, along with many students who shop online, relies on convenient Internet discounts to buy electronics, textbooks and other college necessities. But a new proposal in Congress aims to even out the competition between local and online retailers. As a result, consumers may soon pay sales tax on some online products, regardless of whether […]