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UC President Proposes 8% Fee Increase
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Souravs Mookherjee..4916 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
University of California President Mark Yudof has proposed an 8 percent student fee increase, among other hikes, to close the state school system's massive budget shortfall. The Daily Californian....
UC Berkeley administration responds to 'Day of Action' protesters
Source: berkeley.edu Posted By: Kalyani KAV...4948 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
To those protesting today for public higher education, we want to acknowledge the concerns that you have expressed to preserve public education in California and make the opportunity of education....
Graphene Nanobubbles Could Mean More Powerful Gadgets
Source: pcworld.com Posted By: Mangesh Kavathekar..4951 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
After some hubbub this summer about graphene-coated lithium batteries that charge in minutes, some scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have found another (cooler?) use for the....
UC Berkeley to cut 5 sports teams
Source: fox11online.com Posted By: Daniel YAN...4957 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is eliminating five of its intercollegiate sports teams, including its championship men's rugby team, in the school's latest move to cut costs. Chancellor....
University of California 40-Year Debt Reflects State Budget Woes
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: yara HUS...4965 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California, which slashed half a billion dollars from its 2010 budget through job cuts and furloughs, is offering $520 million in taxable Build America Bonds today as borrowing....
On UC's Risky Venture Into Online Education Mortarboards without the bricks
Source: sfgate.com Posted By: Benjamin HAG...5029 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
A handful of administrators at the University of California are spearheading an effort to create an ambitious online educational program for undergraduates. The idea is that UC could become the....
UC Berkeley plan to test freshmen DNA criticized
Source: google.com Posted By: Sourav1 MOO...5088 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
A plan by the University of California, Berkeley to voluntarily test the DNA of incoming freshman has come under fire from critics who said the school was pushing an unproven technology on impressionable....
Berkeley fee protest turns rowdy
Source: sfgate.com Posted By: kalyani MOR...5172 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
A late-night protest against fee hikes at UC Berkeley turned violent early this morning when a crowd of about 200 people lit trash can fires, smashed at least one store's windows, occupied a....
Haas gift helps UC Berkeley diversity
Source: sfgate.com Posted By: kalyani KAL...5180 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
Campus diversity at UC Berkeley, hemmed in by state law and economic woes, will take a step forward today with the announcement of a privately funded $16 million venture to promote learning across....
For UC's Commission on the Future, nothing is off the table
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: Mangesh KAV...5190 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
Why not abolish student fees at the University of California? And in exchange, how about requiring graduates to pay the university a percentage of their income for a while after college? That....
How U. of California Verifies Claims of Applicants
Source: mercurynews.com Posted By: asda DSA...5197 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California is rare among colleges in that it has a team that checks out some of the claims that applicants make, The San Jose Mercury News reported. The verification process....
8 arrested in vandalism of UC chancellor's home
Source: sfgate.com Posted By: someone3 SOM...5247 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
Eight people were in custody Saturday after a crowd of angry protesters broke windows and threw burning torches at UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's campus residence in protest of fee....
Why privatizing the University of California won't work
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: someone2 SOM...5250 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
UC has been a driver of the state economy and an engine of socioeconomic advancement. Raising fees to private-university levels would undermine its mission of equal opportunity. University....
California Budget Crisis Diaries: Takes on higher education cuts
Source: sdnn.com Posted By: someone SOM...5258 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
Roughly 191,000 students attend a University of California campus, while 417,112 students attend a California State University campus – and all will experience major changes in the following....
Cal Students Occupy Major Berkeley Campus Building
Source: usnews.com Posted By: someone1 SOM...5263 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
Students at the University of California–Berkeley continued the statewide protests of the University of California system's 32 percent tuition increase over the weekend. Forty students occupied....
Haves vs. Have-Nots at Public Universities
Source: roomfordebate.b Posted By: mihir SHA...5267 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California, which has already received $716 million in federal stimulus funds to offset a $1 billion budget gap, announced on Friday that it is raising student fees by 32 percent.....
Berkeley Senate Endorses Resolution on Sports Funding
Source: dailycal.org Posted By: Kavita1 KUS...5280 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The Academic Senate at the University of California at Berkeley backed a non-binding resolution last week that calls for an end to administrative subsidies for athletics and more faculty oversight....
UCLA Continues Effort to Reshape Animal Research Debate
Source: amprogress.org Posted By: 325..5301 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California at Los Angeles, which has found itself and its researchers under attack by underground animal rights groups, is continuing efforts to try to reshape the debate on....
UC shelves plan to charge engineering, business undergrads more
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: viv CHA...5305 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
University of California officials have decided to shelve, at least for now, a controversial proposal to charge undergraduate engineering and business students $900 more a year than those in....
Did Money Raised at Irvine Go to Hamas?
Source: ocregister.com Posted By: mygmi 200...5306 days ago
Campus: University of California-Berkeley
The University of California is investigating whether a lecture by a pro-Palestinian speaker -- sponsored by the Muslim Student Union -- violated university rules by becoming a fund raiser, and....
