UC Regents preview – March 14-16

The University of California Board of Regents will discuss the cost of attendance at UC, plans for new housing at several campuses and the impact of changes to the Affordable Care Act this Tuesday through Thursday at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco. Tuesday The Investments Subcommittee will hear updates on the performance […]

UC to vote on proposal to limit nonresident enrollment to 20 percent

International and out-of-state student enrollment could be capped at 20 percent under a proposal the University of California Board of Regents will debate next week. UC President Janet Napolitano proposed the cap to satisfy a provision in last year’s budget that required UC to adopt a nonresident limit by May 1. “This is to receive […]

UCLA dentistry employee involved in rape allegation in Title IX report

One of the sexual harassment reports released by the University of California on Tuesday involved a rape allegation against a UCLA employee. An undergraduate student, whose name was redacted in the report, alleged Tarundeep Sandhu, a former UCLA School of Dentistry employee, raped the student while she was intoxicated after going out to a bar […]

UC employees identified in 113 sexual harassment, assault reports

This post was updated Mar. 6 at 2 p.m. Title IX reports released by University of California campuses Tuesday revealed that mostly male UC employees used their positions of power to sexually harass students, coworkers and subordinates. The 113 sexual harassment investigation reports were made public under a California Public Records Act request and span […]

Bruins hope for more transparency following Title IX document release

Campus groups who focus on preventing and addressing sexual harassment said they hope the release of Title IX reports by the University of California will lead to more transparency. Bruins Against Sexual Harassment, United Auto Workers Local 2865 and Bruin Consent Coalition have protested UCLA’s settlement of a lawsuit with history professor Gabriel Piterberg on […]

Twenty-five UCLA employees identified in UC sexual harassment reports

UCLA had 25 cases of faculty, staff and employees who sexually harassed university community members between 2013 and 2016, the second-highest number among the 10 UC campuses, according to documents released by University of California campuses Tuesday. A former director of a prominent program at the UCLA School of Law, multiple staff members in the UCLA […]

Professor emeritus found to have violated UC sexual misconduct policy

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 10 p.m. A UCLA professor emeritus was one of at least 25 UCLA faculty, staff and contractors who violated sexual misconduct policy within the past three years, according to documents received by The Daily Californian. Eric Gans, a French and Francophone studies distinguished professor emeritus, violated the UC […]