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UC Berkeley jumps SHIP will leave UC-run student health plan
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 21 days ago
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Following intense pressure from students, UC Berkeley is pulling the plug on participation in a controversial, deficit-plagued student health plan run by the University of California system, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday. Birgeneau said
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CSU sees nearly $250 million funding gap
Long Beach :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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California State University officials say they need nearly $250 million more in state funding for the next academic year than Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget calls for. Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert Turnage told the board of trustees Tuesday
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California Moves Forward with Online Higher Ed Expansion
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
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The only hitch appears to be the lack of a firm plan on how that expansion will actually be implemented. The San Jose Mercury News reports [...] As part of the recent budget proposal introduced by California Governor Jerry Brown, the University of
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UCLA makes Kiplinger's top 10 best-value colleges list; CSULB at No. 82
Long Beach :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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The magazine's annual 100 Best Values in Public Colleges ranks the campuses according to affordability, quality, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and graduation rates. The top institutions are selected each year from a pool of
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UC Davis marks a year since pepper-spraying by cops
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 6 months ago
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During a Wednesday interview, school officials reflected on the event and vowed again not to repeat the mistakes of last fall. "It was clear that we needed a different philosophy," said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter. "That would
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UC Regents request funds to reboot projects
Francisco :: IN :: USA | 6 months ago
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Two UC campuses received important endorsements Thursday for long-stalled projects: a new medical school at Riverside and a major classroom building at Merced. The UC regents included a proposed $15 million to help run the medical school and $45
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California's fiscal problems "dramatically smaller" than recent years
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Though California's political leaders are facing a $1.9 billion budget deficit in June, their problems are "dramatically smaller" than recent years, the Legislative Analyst's Office said today. In its annual budget projection, the LAO said the
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Student walkout planned at UC Berkeley to protest pending tuition increases
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Students at UC Berkeley are planning a day of action to protest planned tuition increases and possible budget reductions, even as university officials breathe a sigh of relief that the passage of Proposition 30 will spare them from making even deeper
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Passage of Prop. 30 hailed by educators
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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For public school districts, the measure's success was mostly about escaping another wave of severe budget cuts, including teacher layoffs, curtailed instructional time and larger classes. But for higher education, the measure is expected to reap
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Officials encouraging high school students to consider UC
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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University of California officials were reaching out to thousands of high school students Thursday in a coordinated effort to provide hands-on guidance on financial aid, writing application essays and meeting other eligibility requirements. The goal
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