University of California President Janet Napolitano and all 10 UC chancellors will take a voluntary 10% pay cut next year in response to the financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano will take a 10% pay cut next year, along with all 10 UC chancellors, in response to COVID-19 related financial difficulties. Additionally, the UC will freeze salaries for non-unionized staff and non-student academic appointees.
University of California officials and student leaders expressed disappointment with recent federal Title IX changes, which they say may negatively affect survivors of sexual harassment and sexual violence. Read more...
Photo: The Department of Education released finalized rules regarding Title IX on May 6. Student groups and University officials expressed their disappointment about the new rules. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University of California president Janet Napolitano recommended that the UC suspend standardized testing as an admissions requirement until 2024, according to a proposal released Monday. Napolitano recommended that the UC make the SAT and ACT test requirement optional for admissions through the 2022 admissions cycle and fully drop standardized tests from the admissions process through 2024. Read more...
Photo: In a proposal released Monday, University of California president Janet Napolitano recommended that the UC suspend its use of the SAT and ACT in the admissions process through 2024. The UC Board of Regents will vote on the proposal May 21. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Summer session C will now be held online because of COVID-19, university officials announced Monday. UCLA is also considering allowing some programs to offer in-person instruction, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter and Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Patricia Turner in an email to students. Read more...
Photo: Summer session C, which starts Aug. 3 and lasts until Sept. 11, will be held online. Plans for fall quarter have yet to be announced. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University of California graduate and union workers held strikes and panels Friday for International Workers’ Day to demand increased wages to match rising living costs. Graduate students across the UC held a general strike to demand a cost of living adjustment to their wages. Read more...
Photo: University of California graduate students have been demanding a cost of living adjustment since December, when graduate students at UC Santa Cruz went on strike and withheld fall quarter grades. Graduate students at other campuses, including UCLA, have since held rallies and strikes to demand COLA. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California suffered $558 million worth of unexpected costs due to changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The UC estimates that, in March, unanticipated expenses and lost revenue cost the University system a minimum of $310 million when excluding costs incurred by medical centers, said UC spokesperson Stett Holbrook in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: The University of California is facing $558 million in unexpected costs from COVID-19, with $310 million coming from March alone. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students filed class-action lawsuits against the University of California and California State University systems Monday, demanding refunds of student fees in light of campus closures. The students are suing for a reduction of on-campus services because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will not sue for the cost of tuition or housing. Read more...
Photo: Students filed class-action lawsuits Monday against the University of California and the California State University systems, asking for refunds in student fees. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
