University of California President Janet Napolitano released a letter to UC administrators that said the University has not effectively handled cases of sexual harassment involving faculty members. Members of the joint committee, which operates under the President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault, received the letter Monday. Napolitano asked […]
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UCLA employees protest restrictions on union representation
About 200 UCLA employees called on administrators to stop the university’s alleged restrictions on union representation at a protest Wednesday in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA Skilled Trades Workers, a group that consists of employees who manage buildings, electricity and other campus operations, is in the process of gaining representation […]
Protestors condemn Napolitano’s treatment of undocumented students
UCLA students protested against cuts in funding for undocumented student resources and demanded University of California President Janet Napolitano’s resignation as she left a forum at the UCLA School of Law Wednesday. About a dozen students waved posters and chanted to disrupt a forum hosted by the American Constitution Society. The protest was organized by […]
Petition calls for dismissal of professor accused of sexual assault
A group of graduate students started a petition that demands the University of California dismiss a UCLA history professor accused of sexually assaulting two students. Preston McBride, president of the History Graduate Students Association, said graduate students started the petition after UCLA officials allowed history professor Gabriel Piterberg to return to teach on campus. Two […]
UC increases freshman admissions offers to California residents
About 15 percent more California resident freshman applicants than last year were admitted to University of California campuses for fall 2016, according to data released Monday. A total of 66,123 California high school students were admitted to the UC, according to preliminary data released by the UC Office of the President. The admission rate for […]
UC community responds to Statement of Principles Against Intolerance
University of California students and faculty members expressed mixed opinions about changes to the Statement of Principles Against Intolerance the UC Board of Regents approved on March 23. The Board amended the statement to condemn anti-Semitism, without infringing on free speech and academic freedoms, at its bi-monthly meeting on the UC San Francisco campus. The […]
Audit finds UC enrolls out-of-state students at expense of residents
It has become more difficult for in-state students to gain admission to the University of California because of relaxed standards for nonresident students, according to the California state auditor’s report released Tuesday. State Auditor Elaine Howle said in the report that after relaxing admission requirements for nonresidents in 2011 amid a decline in state funding, […]