All posts tagged "UC"

  • President Barack Obama, right, shares a laugh with UC President Janet Napolitano during UC Irvine's commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)
    [LA Times] UC plans to expand enrollment of California undergrads next year

    UC President Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she is preparing a plan to significantly increase the number of California undergraduates in the 2016-17 school year throughout the university system, including at UCLA and UC Berkeley,...

    • Posted October 23, 2015
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  • Student Fabienne Roth pauses for a photo at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    University of California raising minimum wage to $15 an hour

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The movement to raise the minimum wage across the U.S. gained ground Wednesday with the huge University of California system announcing plans to increase base pay for its employees and contract workers to...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • University of California Berkeley student Kristian Kim throws fake money while starting a protest during a UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Gov. Jerry Brown has opposed University of California President Janet Napolitano plan to increase tuition by up to 5 percent in each of the next five years.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    Take everything! UC students strip to protest tuition hike

    University of California Berkeley student Kristian Kim throws fake money while starting a protest during a UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Gov. Jerry Brown has opposed University of California President...

    • Posted March 19, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 photo, pediatrician Charles Goodman holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif. The vaccine is 99 percent effective at preventing measles, which spreads easily through the air and in enclosed spaces. Symptoms include fever, runny nose, cough and a rash all over the body. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    UC schools require students to receive measles vaccine starting in 2017

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Incoming students at UCLA, UC Irvine and other University of California campuses across the state will be required to be immunized against measles and other diseases beginning in 2017, the university system announced today. The system’s...

    • Posted February 6, 2015
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  • UC Merced has the smallest number of incoming Koreans students this fall at 13. (Korea Times file)
    [Sacramento Bee] UC, CSU applications surge to new highs

    Concerns over rising tuition costs and new student fees haven’t dimmed interest in California’s public university systems. Both the University of California and California State University saw a record number of applications from high school...

    • Posted December 12, 2014
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  • Several hundred UCSD students gathered on the walkway in front of Geisel Library in a sit-in to protest a proposed hike in tuition of up to five percent for the next five years.|Andrew Villalobos carries a sign prior to a sti-in of UCSD students. A senior graduating with a B.S. in engineering, he is worried about his brother and sister, both in high school and what this might mean for them if they choose to attend a UC school. ( AP - John Gastaldo/U-T San Diego/Zuma Press)
    UC Board of Regents approve tuition hike plan

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Tuition at UCLA and other UC campuses across the state would increase by 5 percent a year over the next five years under a proposal approved today by a University of California Board of Regents committee....

    • Posted November 19, 2014
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    UC to consider limiting out-of-state enrollment

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Five years ago, the University of California system made a concerted effort to boost revenue through recruiting more out-of-state students, which resulted in approximately $400 million just last year. Despite...

    • Posted October 24, 2014
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