Shortly before leaving for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, University of California President Janet Napolitano told California radio station KQED that she would bring the University’s values of “openness and tolerance” with her to the Russian coast. Read more...

A proposal to upgrade the Afro-American Studies Interdepartmental Program into the Department of African American Studies is in its final stages of review. It is essential that those reviewing the proposal not only pass it, but pass it as soon as possible and with the promise of sufficient support so that the new department can find firm footing from day one. Read more...

UCLA’s undergraduate student government recently announced plans to live stream its meetings, a change it hopes to implement before the end of the quarter. But at last night’s meeting, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to table indefinitely a proposal to purchase a camera for a live stream. Read more...

UCLA has been surprisingly tight-lipped about its progress in creating and filling a new vice chancellor position to address concerns about diversity raised by an independent report earlier this academic year. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents runs one of the largest public university systems in the nation, but most of its members are business executives with little or no professional experience in education. Read more...

In an attempt to accommodate one group of students, University of California headquarters succeeded only in proving the dire need for a conversation about shared governance at every level. Read more...