After a year of online school, students are eager to return to campus this fall. But the reality for many students is that the cost of higher education remains out of reach for those who struggled before – and because of – the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: As students return to campus this fall, there are resources available to support individuals in affording their basic needs and to gain work experience. (Marc-Anthony Rosas/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 7:22 p.m. The Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California, met for its July meeting from July 20 to July 22 via teleconference. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents met for its bimonthly meeting from July 20 to July 22, during which it passed a new cohort-based tuition model and assessed the quality of online education for the 2020-2021 school year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated July 25 at 7:48 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents approved a systemwide multiyear plan that increases tuition and student fees to the incoming class of undergraduate students and all graduate students starting fall 2022. Under the new plan, tuition costs and fees can see yearly adjustments tied to inflation for the incoming class of undergraduate students. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents approved a new systemwide tuition plan that allows for tuition increases tied to inflation for incoming undergraduate and all graduate students starting fall 2022. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 12 at 8:41 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. Blas Pedral, a first-generation, rising second-year UC Berkeley law student, is the 48th student regent and will serve as the student regent-designate in discussions for the upcoming academic year, according to a University of California Office of the President press release. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to serve as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. (Courtesy of Phoenisha Schuhmeier)
This post was updated July 22 at 9:55 p.m. A minority of UCPD policing events involves force, the threat of violence or follow up actions, UCLA researchers said in an April report. Read more...
Photo: A report made by the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies found that a large majority of instances investigated by the UCPD have no criminal law follow-up. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated July 25 at 7:58 p.m. The University of California admitted its most diverse group of students for fall 2021 entry. According to a UC Office of the President press release, 43% of admitted California freshmen are of racial and ethnic minority groups. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC saw a 11% increase in freshman admissions systemwide over 2020. Read more...
Photo: The University of California admitted the most diverse group of freshmen students and a record number of transfer students for fall 2021, the UC Office of the President announced Monday. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated July 18 at 6:47 p.m. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the University of California are set to hold state-supervised mediations Tuesday and Wednesday after lecturer contract negotiations remain unsettled for more than two years. Read more...
Photo: The University Council-American Federation of Teachers can legally go on strike if state-mediated negotiations with the University of California later this month remain unsettled. (Daily Bruin file photo)
