Friday, May 16

Gov. Brown proposes holding funds for UC until audit suggestions are met

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed reserving $50 million for the University of California as part of the revised May budget he announced Thursday. Brown said he would hold the funds until the UC Office of the President implements recommendations that state auditor Elaine Howle made following her report. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown proposed reserving $50 million from the University of California until the Office of the President fully implements recommendations by the state auditor. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC to vote on 18 percent cap on nonresident undergraduate enrollment

The University of California will vote to restrict nonresident undergraduate enrollment to 18 percent at the UC Board of Regents meeting next week. The proposal is a revision from the regents’ original plan to limit overall nonresident enrollment at all UC campuses to 20 percent. Read more...

Photo: The proposal to limit nonresident undergraduate student enrollment would require the regents to review the policy within four years to assess its efficacy. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)


UC Regents to consider housing options for increased enrollment

The governing board of the University of California will vote to add more housing options at UCLA at its meeting next week. The UC Board of Regents heard proposals from UCLA officials at its March meeting to add about 6,900 beds by 2021. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is one step closer to adding thousands of beds across three to five housing projects by 2021. The University of California Board of Regents will vote to approve preliminary funding next week. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Q&A: UC Grad Slam winner talks clinical psychology research, competition

Leslie Rith-Najarian, a graduate student in clinical psychology, received $6,000 on Thursday as the winner of the UC Grad Slam, a competition between the seven University of California campuses that tests graduate students’ ability to explain their research concisely. Read more...

Photo: Leslie Rith-Najarian, a graduate student in clinical psychology, won $6,000 on Thursday in a competition between the seven University of California campuses. (Courtesy of UCOP)


UCLA summer lecturers face loss of retirement benefits

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...


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)


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...

Photo: (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)



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