June • 2008

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research in action:

working for the people of california

This special report highlights what some UC economists see as keys to lifting the state out of its economic slump.

72 percent of Early Academic Outreach Program participants complete high school courses required for UC and CSU admission compared with only 34 percent of non-participants.
72 percent of EAOP students attend college the first year after high school.
34 percent of EAOP students are eligible for UC admissions compared with 14.4 percent of non-participants.

Timothy P. White

Regents name UC Riverside chancellor

Timothy P. White, president of the University of Idaho, will become UC Riverside’s eighth chancellor. He will begin his duties on or before Sept. 1.

From 1991 to 1996,White served as a professor and then chair of the Department of Human Biodynamics at UC Berkeley. He has held academic positions at the University of Michigan and Oregon State University.

His academic background is in physiology, kinesiology and human biodynamics, and he is internationally known for his expertise in muscle plasticity, injury and aging. White succeeds former Chancellor France Cordova, who is now president of Purdue University. Robert Grey has been serving as acting UC Riverside chancellor.

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