Sacramento Bee |

Field Poll: California voters want more money sent to schools, colleges

A majority of voters said lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown should spend unexpected increases in state revenue on K-12 education; about a third picked higher education for more money.
Daily Bruin |

State oversight too extreme as solution to holding UC accountable

Opinion: If the state legislature's goal is to reign in UC’s spending practices, then zero-based budgeting represents a middle ground between eliminating autonomy and allowing the UC to operate as it has in the past. In a world with zero-based budgeting, SCA 1 represents vast government overreach.
New America Media |

What is the priority for public higher education in California?

Q&A with UC President Napolitano addresses 'what it takes to run the kind of public university system that California has historically had and what it will take in the future.'
Sen. Barbara Boxer |

Senator urges universities to follow UC's lead in creating victims' advocates

Barbara Boxer to California's institutions of higher education: Institute advocates for victims of sexual assault on every campus.
KQED |

How money factors into the college rankings battle

In discussion with UC President Napolitano, issues of state funding, family income and alumni support emerge. (With audio.)
Sacramento Bee |

The four-year degree myth

UC Riverside Chancellor Wilcox: Public universities educate and serve a far larger and more diverse population of students than do private universities, which changes the four-year-degree dynamic.
Sacramento Bee |

Viewpoints: ‘Dreamers,’ those brought illegally to U.S., deserve same loans as other students

UC President Napolitano writes in support of Senate Bill 1210 — the California Dream Loan Program — which would help these students finance their education.
Bay Area News Group |

UC president highlights research to retrain brains of mentally ill

President Napolitano cites project at UCSF, UC Berkeley at "Health for Tomorrow" conference.
New America Media |

Napolitano: UC-Mexico Initiative will make California stronger

UC's president recently returned from a two-day trip to Mexico, where she met with government officials and academics to discuss efforts to bolster cross-border academic and cultural ties.
KQED Radio |

KQED Forum talks with President Napolitano

UC's president addresses the recent killing rampage near UC Santa Barbara, and discusses student debt, campus diversity and other issues.
San Francisco Business Times |

University of California chief stands at top of her class

Experience has prepared system’s first female president to steer massive statewide institution.
UC Office of the President |

UC president responds to White House report about sexual assault on college campuses

University of California President Janet Napolitano's statement about the release of the report “Not Alone,” by the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault.