UC Newsroom |
UC to Congress: Federal financial aid helps keep college affordable
Pell Grants and federal student loans are vital to UC’s success in enrolling and graduating significant numbers of low-income and first-generation students.
Sacramento Bee |
Op-ed: Cutting research at UC would slow advances
Reducing historical research at the University of California and elsewhere will not balance the books, but it will leave key facts buried and essential stories untold.
The Press-Enterprise |
Op-ed: Students need state's support
The promise of the University of California system rests on the public nature of the university and the funding it receives from the state of California.
National Journal |
The battle to fund California's public university system
State funding hasn't budged since 1999, and UC president Janet Napolitano says state leaders still want to cut costs further.
Associated Press |
Colleges move to expand services for immigrant students
UC and schools in Illinois and other states with large immigrant populations are offering in-house grants, scholarships from private donors, law clinics and additional support for such students.
NBC Bay Area |
Are California's carbon emissions goals attainable?
UC Berkeley's Dan Kammen says Gov. Brown's goals are achievable, but it won't be easy.
Bay Area News Group |
California's budget surplus soars to new heights; schools to benefit
The state's revenue has climbed as much as $8 billion in the last four months; public schools will receive the bulk of that windfall under Proposition 98.
New York Times |
The big problem with the new SAT
Op-ed: Former UC President Richard Atkinson weighs in on the shortfalls of the revised SAT, which will debut in the spring of 2016.
Sacramento Bee |
Why aren’t more Latinos going to UC, CSU schools?
Op-ed: Without funding for enrollment growth, students graduating from California high schools, including Latinos, will face more obstacles to attaining a college degree than past generations.
UC San Diego |
Cal-BRAIN selects 16 California research projects for seed grants
Projects will speed development of new brain technologies, or ‘neurotechnologies.’
UC Newsroom |
Napolitano calls on scientists to advocate for science
President Napolitano calls on scientists to embrace the role of public intellectual at National Academy of Science meeting.
Chronicle of Higher Education |
Rebirth of the research university
UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks: There are signs on the higher-ed landscape that research remains a fundamental feature of the university, not one that can be dispensed with on the road to mass delivery of education.