SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents just raised student fees by 30 percent, but in light of a budget crisis likely worse than last year’s, they are forced to consider raising fees again. “I don’t think any of us believed we would have to raise fees anything like this, and here […]
Author Archives: Shaun Bishop
Creating personal major an option
For about a half-dozen students every year, even UCLA’s diverse field of 122 majors and 55 minors just doesn’t seem to satisfy their academic hunger. Thankfully for them, the College of Letters & Science has developed an “individual major” program, allowing these inventive students to cook up their own recipes for academic success. “It’s a […]
Students enter “˜real world’ with campus leadership experience
Like many graduating seniors, student leaders leaving this year are saying their goodbyes to UCLA. But they say their involvement outside of the classroom has given them a very different kind of education, one they will take with them as they venture into the “real world.” “It’s been the most rewarding, enriching experience I’ve ever […]
Marchers seek UCLA vow
They had a clear objective. They had the will to pursue it. But at the end of the day, UCLA’s top official didn’t see them. About 150 workers, students and community leaders marched to Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Friday afternoon in an effort to get a commitment from the administrative leader to hire subcontracted workers on […]
Lecturers see new contract
It took them three years, but lecturers across the University of California system finally sealed a tentative contract, gaining better job security and base salary raises. The American Federation of Teachers, the union for the 1,600 UC lecturers, reached a provisional agreement Thursday morning for a new labor contract which would be effective through June […]
Workers, students plan march to protest subcontracted labor
UCLA hasn’t yet granted employment to subcontracted parking workers, but the workers are determined to let the university’s chief administrator ““ along with the rest of the school ““ know they mean business. In tandem with student supporters, workers have planned a march to Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office for Friday at noon as a method […]
Academic Senate endorses GE diversity requirement
After years of battling to get a diversity requirement implemented at UCLA, advocates finally saw a glimmer of support from a prominent Academic Senate committee. Last week, the Undergraduate Council ““ one of 22 Senate committees ““ pledged to revisit the question of how to implement the proposal next year. Currently, every University of California […]