Using computer science courses to meet college admissions requirements
California senators passed a bill on May 5 which may allow high school students to use computer science to meet the general A-G requirements needed to gain admissions into a CSU or UC. If approved by the State Assembly, the computer science courses could be substituted for math courses to meet general college admissions mandates. […]
UC Board of Regents: ‘5 percent is not enough’
UC President Janet Napolitano is blazing a trail for several initiatives, which includes, but is not limited to: reducing the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) budget by 6.5 percent, finalizing contract agreements with UC labor unions and reaching a carbon neutral standard by 2025. The president’s announcement occurred during the UC Board of Regents […]
Jerry Brown passes higher education legislation
This month, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will affect California’s college and university students and faculty on multiple levels. The bills passed during the 2011-2012 state legislative session involve: future fee increases, expansions to scholarship packages and faculty tenure. AB 970, authored by Assemblyman Paul Fong (D-Cupertino), seeks to ensure transparency and accountability for […]
ACTA study identifies needed reform in UC and CSU system
The California Master Plan for Higher Education promised all Californian college students access to a high-quality and affordable education. 50 years later, that promise is crippled and conditional for students who have limited access to core classes, rising student loan debt and diminished campus resources. A recent study by the American Council of Trustees and […]
Chancellor White to Leave UCR, named head of CSU system
The California State University Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of current UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White as the system’s new chancellor. In an email to UCR students and faculty sent the morning of Thursday, Oct. 4, White informed the campus of his departure. “Not many opportunities could lure me away from this wonderful […]
News in brief
UC being sued for withholding officers’ names on Davis task force report Two California newspapers, the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times, are suing the University of California for failing to release the names of the officers involved in the pepper-spray incident at UC Davis. The two news outlets, who are owned by the McClatchy […]
News in Brief
Nine arrested at Occupy protest near UC Berkeley UC Berkeley officers arrested nine protesters for unlawful assembly and for remaining on UC-owned farmland after dispersal orders were given. The protesters had begun their occupation of the land after it was discovered that the property would be turned into a Whole Foods grocery store and senior […]
Tuition freeze among demands of CSU hunger strike
Over a dozen students from various California State University campuses initiated a hunger strike last Thursday, May 3. As of Sunday, May 6, the hunger strike participants had yet to consume any food, although they were provided with vegetable juice. The students, who hail from campuses such as CSU Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge, […]
Republican senators prevent CSU chairman’s reappointment
Governor Jerry Brown’s nomination of Chairman Herbert L. Carter for the California State University of Board of Trustees has failed. The Republicans argued that Carter, whose appointment would have marked his second term as chairman, is responsible for tuition hikes and ill-timed executive salary increases. “Today the Senate sent a clear message to the students, […]