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Mar 23rd, 2015
College used to be free at institutions like the University of California and other state schools not that long ago. In 2014, tuition was abolished in, of all places, Tennessee....
Mar 17th, 2015
For five consecutive years, the US has been the top destination for Chinese students studying abroad, according to a 2014 report from the Institute of International Education. The...
Mar 4th, 2015
What was supposed to be one of the University of California’s biggest cost-saving initiatives is draining hundreds of millions of dollars and lagged in development for more than...
Mar 3rd, 2015
In late November 2014, Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, announced a 27.7 percent increase in tuition over the course of five years. In conversations...
Feb 27th, 2015
Tuition hikes marched to the head of the class at a recent hearing of California Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance. Assembly members balked...
Feb 26th, 2015
Fitch Ratings announced Tuesday that general revenue bonds issued by the University of California have been rated AA for the second consecutive...
Feb 19th, 2015
If there’s one place to watch the really hard choices about what government can afford to spend on higher education and what a college degree should cost, it’s the meat...
Jan 11th, 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown released a record $113 billion state spending proposal Friday, which includes his originally planned 4 percent increase in base funding for the University of...
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...
