This week, the UC Board of Regents will consider UC President Mark Yudof's financial aid initiative, the Blue and gold Affordability Plan, which proposes to cover fees for students whose families make less than $60,000 a year. Read more...

We want to give something you can put a bow on. Or at least point to as an actual, concrete thing. Read more...

The information highway just got a little more crowded. Read more...

Several months ago, the Daily Bruin published an editorial supporting the current UC Board of Regents proposal to eliminate the SAT II subject tests and lower the admission standards for the University of California system ("UC should approve new admissions plan," July 21). This proposal is now coming up for a vote Feb. 3-5 in San Francisco, and it is hard to believe that the regents are actually considering tarnishing our school's stellar reputation of excellence in this way. Read more...

Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to eliminate 22,500 competitive Cal Grants is a serious blow to an education system on the ropes. California's colleges are already winded by the one-two punch of consistent budget cuts and the current depression (beg pardon, I meant recession). Read more...

When he was 21 years old, my father fled a war-ravaged Vietnam with his family by boat. Read more...

Tuesday marked our one-week anniversary with President Barack Obama, and isn't the early part of the relationship always the best? Read more...