Chicanas and Chicanos are more likely than any other doctorate recipients to have initially attended a community college, according to a policy brief released by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center last month. Read more...

Only three days remain until University of California nurses are scheduled to strike statewide, but no negotiations with the UC have taken place since the union passed a strike vote July 7. Read more...

Six University of California chancellors unanimously decided on Wednesday to end their campuses’ participation in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a move they believe will result in a fairer evaluation of all students for other merit-based scholarships and a more level playing field on which underrepresented and low-income students can compete. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents will vote this week on a package of fee increases for UC professional school students that would result in fees rising thousands of dollars. Read more...

After nearly six months of unsuccessful negotiations with the University of California, nurses at UC medical and health centers voted last week to authorize the first strike in their union’s 21-year relationship with the university. Read more...

University of California officials are pushing for the removal of UC campuses from the National Merit Scholarship Program and are instead advocating the evaluation of student merit on a comprehensive basis. Read more...

The usual bustling crowd of hungry hospital employees, doctors, patients and family members at the UCLA Medical Center’s cafeteria were met with colorful balloons and discounted ’50s-inspired meals Thursday as the first of a series of celebrations in honor of the medical center’s 50th anniversary. Read more...