Author Archives: Nancy Su

At 7 p.m., an hour before the polls closed, a steady stream of student voters continued to flow in and out of the polling station in Hedrick Hall, possibly indicating a higher student turnout than some had thought. Young citizens are traditionally less likely to vote than other age groups, and special elections generally have […]

During its student voter registration campaign, the University of California Student Association hoped to register 20,000 students systemwide for the statewide special election. But as the deadline for registration came and went, it was only able to motivate 10,000 students to register. Attempts to motivate students to vote are in full force across the state […]

As the University of California struggles through a time of financial difficulty caused by state budget cuts, officials are concerned the university will not be able to retain or recruit top-quality faculty and administrators if their salaries are not increased. The UC Board of Regents has focused its discussions in recent meetings on the need […]

While the federal No Child Left Behind legislation has forced California schools to focus on raising standardized test scores of low-achieving students, even high-achieving schools may have trouble meeting the performance targets required by the act in future years. California schools may face additional challenges when attempting to meet English-proficiency targets because of the state’s […]

On a campus lined with groves of citrus trees left over from its roots as an agricultural research station in the early 1900s, UC Riverside now serves a large student body with a significantly higher percentage of ethnically underrepresented students than most other UC campuses. With over 15,000 undergraduates enrolled in 2004, 28.4 percent of […]

As University of California fees continue to rise due to the state budget crisis, an increasing number of UC students are beginning to feel the financial strains of paying for higher education. In accordance with the Higher Education Compact reached between the UC and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May 2004, the estimated UCLA undergraduate fees […]

When graduating student Alex Van walks at his commencement ceremony this week, he will be walking with about $25,000 in loans borrowed during his five years at UCLA. Like many students across the University of California, Van has been forced to take out more loans to adjust to recent fee hikes brought on by the […]