Gov. Jerry Brown and leaders in the state legislature announced a proposal Tuesday to allocate $30 million to support undocumented students. The state proposes spending an additional $20 million on immigrant legal services through the One California program, a state program that supports immigrant Californians. In addition, the state is proposing an additional $10 million […]
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UCLA ties with UC Berkeley for first in US News & World Report ranking
This post was updated Sept. 12 at 4:25 p.m. UCLA tied with UC Berkeley for the No. 1 spot in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report’s list of top public universities nationwide released Monday night. U.S. News’ overall university ranking, including both public and private schools, ranked UCLA No. 21, three places higher than […]
UC cancer research facilities coordinate to form UC Cancer Consortium
The University of California’s five cancer research centers will be coordinating their efforts to treat and research the disease. UC President Janet Napolitano and John Stobo, executive vice president of UC Health, announced Monday that cancer research institutions at UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco have come together to […]
Betsy DeVos announces plans to alter campus Title IX guidelines
This post was updated Sept. 8 at 3:41 p.m. President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday plans to roll back federal rules governing campus sexual harassment investigations. In a speech at George Mason University in Virginia, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the administration is looking to replace guidelines from former President Barack Obama’s administration that pushed […]
UCLA ranked as top public university nationwide in new report
A 2017-2018 report published Wednesday ranked the UCLA as the nation’s top public university. Times Higher Education, a magazine that reports on higher education, published their World University Rankings report Wednesday, which ranked UCLA 15th in the world, a drop from 14th last year. It ranked UC Berkeley 18th in the world this year. However, […]
UC disputes state audit report on new payroll system costs
This post was updated Aug. 28 at 3:37 p.m. The University of California’s plan to update its payroll system will cost millions more than originally estimated and is several years behind schedule, according to a state audit released Thursday. The audit estimated the UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources project, which seeks to […]
State audit reveals UC violated displacement guidelines
The University of California violated guidelines governing the replacement of employees with contract workers, according to a state audit released Tuesday. After reviewing 31 service contracts at three UC campuses, two medical centers and the UC Office of the President, auditors found that two of these contracts did not fully adhere to UCOP’s displacement guidelines, […]