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, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine have been receiving more generous benefits than required under the collective bargaining agreement between UC and AFT. Read more...
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May 7, 11:53 pm
Janet Napolitano discusses office’s response to audit, tuition hike
University of California President Janet Napolitano said a tuition increase approved earlier this year would go through, despite calls from politicians to eliminate it in light of a state audit that claimed the UC Office of the President failed to disclose millions of dollars in reserve funds. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano justified high salaries for UC Office of the President employees, citing UC’s more complex organization. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)
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May 4, 9:51 pm
Graduate student housing opportunities to grow
Graduate students may get more housing opportunities in a few years, after UCLA administrators decided to change their proposal for new housing projects. Michael Skiles, Graduate Students Association president, said officials plan to modify an existing construction proposal to include housing for 300 graduate students. Read more...
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May 3, 12:48 am
UC president, Board of Regents chair speak on state audit
A California state legislative committee discussed an audit that claimed the University of California practiced misleading budget policies and failed to disclose a $175 million surplus. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano testified in Sacramento on Tuesday at a joint legislative audit committee hearing about an audit of the UC Office of the President. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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April 25, 4:23 pm
State audit criticizes UC administration for misleading budget practices
This post was updated April 25 at 7:15 p.m. The University of California Office of the President has misleading budgeting practices, which resulted in accumulating a surplus of $175 million it did not disclose, according to a state audit released Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano defended the practices of the UC Office of the President after a state audit claimed it had amassed $175 million in undisclosed funds. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)
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April 21, 5:17 pm
Fraudulent scheme targeting students steals $12M from UC SHIP
University of California students were targeted in an allegedly fraudulent scheme that stole almost $12 million from the UC Student Health Insurance Plan. UC officials announced Thursday that multiple defendants falsified medical prescriptions under students’ names. Read more...
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April 19, 11:58 pm
UCPath payroll implementation delays continue at increasing cost
The University of California’s payroll system upgrade will be delayed once again, which will cost the university millions of dollars more than originally planned. The UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping & Human Resources project seeks to replace campuses’ outdated and decentralized systems with one processing center. Read more...