We Run UC.
Browse AFSCME 3299 posts: All News | Blog News Op-Ed Press Releases Research
Dec 14th, 2014
The new round of tuition increases just approved by the UC regents again is focusing attention on our state government's failure to adequately fund California's higher education...
California has been at the crest of modernity since the end of the second world war. The tendencies and tensions of the times often show up in California before anywhere...
Dec 13th, 2014
December 11, 2014 - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Regents of the University of California agreed to pay the United States $499,700 to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims...
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Governor Jerry Brown -- a longtime proponent of low-priced college -- and UC President Janet Napolitano --...
Dec 12th, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — A plan to raise fees at the University of California system doesn't seem to be deterring prospective students and the system has again received a record number...
Dec 11th, 2014
The fate of the proposed tuition increase at University of California campuses now rests in the hands of the governor and state lawmakers, who are aligned in opposition to it but...
On Wednesday evening, the ASUC Senate passed a bill with a 11-3 vote in favor of expressing “no confidence” in the UC Board of Regents and UC President Janet...
Dec 10th, 2014
When California Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing Proposition 30 in 2012, he sold it with the promise that the income and sales tax increases in his measure would put off sharp tuition...
Dec 8th, 2014
The University of California system has maintained autonomy for 166 years, but that might be about to change. A new bill introduced by a bipartisan pair of state senators would...