President Donald Trump signed a federal spending bill into law May 5 that restores year-round Pell Grants. The grants will now cover summer sessions for university students, impacting nearly 80,000 University of California students, according to the UC Pell Grants fact sheet. The budget proposal also divided $1 trillion between federal research initiatives, the National […]
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UC Regents preview – May 16-18
The University of California Board of Regents, the governing board of the UC, will meet Tuesday through Thursday at UC San Francisco for its bimonthly meeting. The board will discuss a cap on nonresident student enrollment, the governor’s revised budget proposal and student housing at several campuses. Tuesday The Investments Subcommittee will hear updates on […]
Gov. Brown proposes holding funds for UC until audit suggestions are met
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed reserving $50 million for the University of California as part of the revised May budget he announced Thursday. Brown said he would hold the funds until the UC Office of the President implements recommendations that state auditor Elaine Howle made following her report. The audit claimed UCOP had misleading budget practices, […]
UC to vote on 18 percent cap on nonresident undergraduate enrollment
The University of California will vote to restrict nonresident undergraduate enrollment to 18 percent at the UC Board of Regents meeting next week. The proposal is a revision from the regents’ original plan to limit overall nonresident enrollment at all UC campuses to 20 percent. The Board of Regents originally planned to vote on the […]
UC Regents to consider housing options for increased enrollment
The governing board of the University of California will vote to add more housing options at UCLA at its meeting next week. The UC Board of Regents heard proposals from UCLA officials at its March meeting to add about 6,900 beds by 2021. The increased housing would allow UCLA to increase first-year students’ housing guarantee […]
Q&A: UC Grad Slam winner talks clinical psychology research, competition
Leslie Rith-Najarian, a graduate student in clinical psychology, received $6,000 on Thursday as the winner of the UC Grad Slam, a competition between the seven University of California campuses that tests graduate students’ ability to explain their research concisely. She spoke with the Daily Bruin about her experience as a competitor. Daily Bruin: Why did […]
UCLA summer lecturers face loss of retirement benefits
Lecturers who teach summer courses at several University of California campuses will lose access to retirement benefits they have received for more than 15 years. The UC chief negotiator Nadine Fishel sent a letter March 9 to the American Federation of Teachers Local 1990, which represents UC lecturers and librarians, that said lecturers at UCLA, […]