The Deficit Reduction Act, going into effect July 1, will cut direct spending to federally subsidized programs, including a $12.7 billion cut to student aid, and raise interest on student loans used to finance college tuition. Read more...

Though parents and incoming students may have heard horror stories about the dangers of rape and other violent crime at college campuses, theft remains the biggest threat facing students living on campus. Read more...

As the price of real estate continues to increase, especially with the high cost of living in California, UCLA’s Anderson School of Business economists and corporate contributors concluded in their June 21 quarterly forecast that there will be a slight slump in the real estate market. Read more...

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When Norman Abrams becomes interim chancellor of UCLA on Saturday, he will be the first temporary chief executive the campus has seen in decades. Abrams’ term as chancellor is scheduled to last only until his successor is chosen and becomes available, which starkly contrasts with the most recent two chancellorships: outgoing Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s term lasted nine years, and Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Read more...

After she had been in college for a year, second-year physiological science student Victoria Muchnik said she noticed students would talk a lot more about their sex lives in high schools, but at UCLA, fewer and fewer students would talk about the sexual aspects of their lives. Read more...

In what was an apparent suicide jump, UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton fell to her death from the 43rd floor of a San Francisco apartment building Saturday morning, authorities said. Read more...