This post was updated Aug. 1 at 7:22 p.m. The Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California, met for its July meeting from July 20 to July 22 via teleconference. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents met for its bimonthly meeting from July 20 to July 22, during which it passed a new cohort-based tuition model and assessed the quality of online education for the 2020-2021 school year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
When she first learned about Philanthropy as Civic Engagement, student Damola Adeyemo could not believe class participants gave away $100,000 to nonprofits as part of their coursework. Read more...
Photo: Damola Adeyemo and Jack Weerts are recent students of Community Engagement and Social Change M122: “Philanthropy as Civic Engagement.” Students of the class have the opportunity to research and learn about the work of over 40 nonprofit organizations and, together with their classmates, to decide which three will be given part of a $100,000 donation. (Left to right: Courtesy of Damola Adeyemo, Courtesy of Jack Weerts)
This post was updated July 25 at 7:48 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents approved a systemwide multiyear plan that increases tuition and student fees to the incoming class of undergraduate students and all graduate students starting fall 2022. Under the new plan, tuition costs and fees can see yearly adjustments tied to inflation for the incoming class of undergraduate students. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents approved a new systemwide tuition plan that allows for tuition increases tied to inflation for incoming undergraduate and all graduate students starting fall 2022. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 12 at 8:41 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. Blas Pedral, a first-generation, rising second-year UC Berkeley law student, is the 48th student regent and will serve as the student regent-designate in discussions for the upcoming academic year, according to a University of California Office of the President press release. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to serve as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. (Courtesy of Phoenisha Schuhmeier)
This post was updated July 18 at 6:47 p.m. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the University of California are set to hold state-supervised mediations Tuesday and Wednesday after lecturer contract negotiations remain unsettled for more than two years. Read more...
Photo: The University Council-American Federation of Teachers can legally go on strike if state-mediated negotiations with the University of California later this month remain unsettled. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Two Congressional bills would expand financial aid to college students and help address housing and food insecurity at California universities. Senate Democrats introduced the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act on June 16. Read more...
This post was updated July 18 at 8:43 p.m. Darah Wilson, a lecturer in the School of Nursing, was fired and subsequently rehired in June after students petitioned against the university’s decision. Read more...
Photo: Darah Wilson, a lecturer at the School of Nursing, was reinstated to her position after students and colleagues signed a petition to keep her at UCLA. Students expressed appreciation for the ability and perspective Wilson brings to her teaching. (Courtesy of Darah Wilson)
