The University of California is negotiating a new contract with an academic publisher due to unsustainable and increasing subscription costs. The UC’s contract with Elsevier, the owner of over 2,500 journals including Cell and The Lancet, ended on Dec. Read more...
Photo: (Pauline Ordonez/Daily Bruin)
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed the co-president of a Los Angeles talent agency to the University of California Board of Regents on Friday in one of his final moves as governor of California. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown appointed UCLA alumnus and United Talent Agency co-president Jay Sures to the UC Board of Regents on Friday in one of his last moves as governor. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 7 at 4:57 p.m. A UCLA report found California’s economy could be negatively affected by proposed changes to federal immigration policy. Read more...
UCLA administrators strategized how students should respond to continual decreases in state funding as enrollment increases. Jeff Roth, associate vice chancellor of Academic Planning and Budget, said at a town hall Wednesday that general core funds per student, which is a combination of tuition fees and state support, has decreased over 30 percent since 2000. Read more...
Photo: Administrators said general core funds have decreased 35 percent, or $11,000 per student, since 2000. They said student advocacy is needed to prevent further decreases. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
UCPath representatives spoke to UCLA student workers Thursday about how to resolve ongoing payroll issues after nearly an entire quarter of complaints about being paid incorrectly. Read more...
Photo: Student workers asked UCPath representatives about possible resolutions to payroll issues at the town hall Thursday. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
The University of California Office of the President released a universitywide report in November to standardize policing terminology and practices across the UC. The report contained 26 recommendations for police practices across the UC system, many of which focused on the system for processing complaints, introducing new training and updating protocols regarding the use of force. Read more...
Photo: Assistant Vice Chancellor Mick Deluca, a member of the task force that drafted the police report, met with the Campus Safety Alliance to discuss the report’s findings. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Dec. 4 at 8:58 p.m. A former UCLA student who was stabbed by a fellow classmate in 2009 will have her case against the University of California Board of Regents heard in front of a jury following a Court of Appeal decision Monday. Read more...
Photo: The 2nd District Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision determined that UCLA must act to protect its students from foreseeable acts of violence. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
