The university is gambling on the future upswing of the state budget ““ an upswing analysts say is far from certain ““ by entering into a compact with the governor over funding. Read more...

University of California President Robert Dynes and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised a new budget compact between the university and the state when it was announced Tuesday, but it met with more concern and anger than enthusiasm from some UC officials and student leaders. Read more...

Our university will soon become the last in the University of California system to institute a diversity requirement. For students, this could mean taking more classes. Read more...

If the past 20 years are any indication, the union representing California’s prison guards stands to receive a sizeable portion of the revised state budget proposal being released Thursday. Read more...

While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and officials from the University of California and California State University systems were hammering out an agreement on funding levels for the state’s public universities, many state legislators who were not consulted are up in arms over being kept out of the loop.  Many state legislators, including members of the state Assembly and Senate, were outraged by both the terms of the deal struck between the governor and UC and CSU, as well the fact that they were not given input in the process. Read more...