Scott Waugh, the dean of social sciences who has served for longer than any other top administrator in the UCLA College, announced this week he will step down at the end of the school year. Read more...

Huey Lin, a Chinese language lecturer in the Asian Languages and Cultures department, is fighting to get her job back after being dismissed by her department for alleged unprofessional behavior. Read more...

UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale may be leaving his post as the head of the university, but he plans to return to UCLA as a faculty member and sit on the FBI’s National Security Higher Education Advisory Board. Read more...

John Roberts Jr. has received so much support as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court that law Professor Grant Nelson said “you can bet your life savings he’ll be confirmed.” Though it is unlikely that many in the UCLA community will gamble on Roberts’ appointment, professors and students alike expect the Republican federal appellate judge to be confirmed by the Senate when his appointment is put to a vote today. Read more...

As University of California fees continue to rise due to the state budget crisis, an increasing number of UC students are beginning to feel the financial strains of paying for higher education. Read more...

With Chancellor Albert Carnesale on his way out, the search for a new chief executive begins ““ a task that has become almost routine for university officials amid a recent slew of chancellorship vacancies across the state. Read more...

The University of California has been accused in a federal lawsuit of violating freedom of speech and religion rights, bringing into sharp focus an increasingly heated national debate about the role of religion in schools and religious influence in scientific thought. Read more...