The class of 2017 will include the first high-schoolers to take the revised college entrance exam.

Proposals seek to simplify and strengthen the pathway through which one in three undergraduates get to UC.

Earlier start will afford more flexibility, especially to students in summer outreach programs.

UC President Janet Napolitano sends personal note to urge low-income, high-achieving students to set their sights on UC.

Survey of freshmen reveals they are weighing costs, financial aid more heavily in selecting a college or university.

UC educates more low-income and first-generation college-going students than any other top caliber research university.

President Napolitano, chancellors from Berkeley, Merced and San Diego join university leaders from across the nation to brainstorm ways how higher education can better serve less-advantaged students.