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Dec 5th, 2014
Some student workers at public universities in California earn less on campus than they would at nearby fast food joints, thanks to exemptions that at least two universities use...
Amid widespread fury over tuition-hike threats, two state senators are attempting to strip the University of California of the constitutional independence from the Legislature it...
Dec 4th, 2014
About two weeks ago, the UC Board of Regents decided in a 7-2 vote to increase tuition across the University of California (UC) system. This vote marked a showdown between the UC...
There’s nothing like the start of a good conversation. This week, as state lawmakers gathered for a new legislative session, public higher education became the talk of the town...
The University of California (UC) Regents have approved a whopping 28% increase in tuition over the next five years, if the state doesn’t give the system more funding. Many...
State Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, proposed Wednesday a constitutional amendment that would give the state Legislature some control over the University of California,...
Dec 3rd, 2014
SACRAMENTO — After University of California regents voted to boost tuition by as much as 5 percent a year unless they receive more state funding, a few observers described the...
Throughout California, local governments have been implementing municipal minimum wage ordinances that raise the pay of hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers — but these...
The University of California’s finances and management are about to get the intense dissection they’ve long deserved, prompted by a power play by UC President Janet...