University of California

UC San Diego Chancellor Salary Raised Amid Rising Tuition Costs

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.18.2012

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As the University of California Board of Regents considered where to cut budgets and whether or not they should increase fees on students, they gave a...

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University Of California Schools May Raise Tuition Again

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 05.08.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — University of California students could face significantly higher tuition if the state doesn't increase funding and voters rejec...

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How Much Are Students Paying For College Sports?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: College Sports Funding, Tuition Hikes, College Sports, Cincinnati, Slideexpand, Athletics Funding, Money on Sports, University of California, Student Fees for Sports, Rutgers University, Louisville Cardinals, Bloomberg News, Student Fees for Athletics, University of Virginia, College News

Amid cuts in state funding and tuition hikes, college athletics programs are under the gun to fund themselves with earned revenue or produce winning s...

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Forgotten Man In Holding Cell Files $20 Million Claim Against DEA

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: 4/20, Video, UC San Diego, University of California, Drug-War, Marijuana, San Diego, 420, University of California San Diego, Drug Enforcement Administration, William R Sherman, Daniel Chong, Dea, $20 Million, Crime News

Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old UC San Diego student who spent nearly five days behind bars without food or water, wants $20 million from the Drug Enfor...

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U.S. Man Left In Cell For 4 Days Drank Own Urine To Survive

AP | JULIE WATSON and KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: 4/20, Video, UC San Diego, University of California, Marijuana, San Diego, 420, University of California San Diego, Drug Enforcement Administration, William R Sherman, Daniel Chong, Dea, Crime News

SAN DIEGO -- The case of a detained college student who was forgotten in a holding cell for more than four days suggests a breakdown in procedure and ...

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Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Howard Winant, African, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Du Bois, WEB Du Bois, Lewis Gordon, Robert Vitalis, Speech, Quincy Stewart, Elijah Anderson, Musical Tribute, Africa Sociology, Aldon Morris, Tukufu Zuberi, Reiland Rabaka, Harvard, Documentary, Video, Afro American, Pan Africanism, History, Africa, Installation, Stephanie Evans, Educational, Lawrence Bobo, Kenneth Shropshire, Vivian Gadsden, Gwendolyn Du Bois Shaw, Clark Atlanta, Film, Conference, Temple, Yale, Freedom of Speech, February 17 2012, University of California, Mary Pattillo, Camille Charles, University of Pennsylvania, Terry Adkins, Public Intellectual, Northwestern, Scholar, Sociology, Poetic Tribute, Black History, Africana, Honorary, Black Voices News

The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.

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Strive for A's Not D's

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Public Schools, John Deasy LAUSD, Graduation, Education, University of California, California, Lausd, College, Ucla, College Access, High School, Education Reform, Lausd Superintendent John Deasy, Los Angeles Public Schools, High School Dropouts, Education News

Our schools need to promote higher standards. LAUSD should and can become a leader in the country of a movement to move kids towards true college readiness.

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Do the Wealthy Lie, Cheat and Steal More Than the Rest of Us?

Richard Schiffman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, University of California, Wall Street, Wealth, Berkeley, Money, Ethics, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Wealth Gap, Culture News

The insane feeding frenzy on Wall Street prior to the crash may be less about greed than a species of machismo. Money, for the rich, is not just a medium to purchase things; it is a measure of status in that rarefied world where you are judged by the heft of your take home pay.

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San Diego State Will Change Polices After Racist Harassment Charges

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Racial Harassment, Racism, San Diego State Racial Harassment, Video, San Diego State, University of California, Institutional Racism, College News

SAN DIEGO -- The University of California, San Diego, has agreed to overhaul practices for handling complaints of racial harassment after a series of ...

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UC Davis Investigation: Pepper Spray 'Was Not Authorized'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Ucpd, Linda Katehi, Video, University of California Davis, University of California, John Pike, Reynoso, Uc Davis Investigation, Reynoso Report, Task Force Investigation, Pepper Spray, Task Force, Campus Police, UC Davis, Lt. Pike, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, College News

The task force report on the controversial pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis concluded the campus police an...

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WATCH: Colbert Catches Santorum Telling Blatant Lie

Posted 04.04.2012

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On Tuesday's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert caught Rick Santorum telling a bold-faced lie about California colleges, and had quite a bit of fun pok...

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Rick Santorum's Wildly False Claim About California Schools

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Christendom College, Republican Candidates, Santorum, University of California, American History, California Colleges, Gop 2012, Republican 2012 Presidential Candidates, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, College Classes, Presidential Candidate, GOP Candidates, College News

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed on Monday that most public universities in the University of California system do not offer American hist...

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Students Receive Accidental Cash Windfalls

Loren Berlin | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Financial Aid, Financial Aid Mistake, College Tuition, University of California, Ucla, University of California at Los Angeles, Financial Aid Error, Money News

What would you do if you discovered thousands of dollars mysteriously deposited in your bank account? Would you keep the money or return it to its rig...

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Where Did Google And Apple Employees Go To College?

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Google, Apple, University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas, Top Tech Companies, Stanford University, Top Companies, Best Places to Work, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles, Most Popular Place to Work, Mit, College News

More young people would want to work for Google than any other company. Apple is the the second most popular company, according to a survey done by U...

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'Your Money Or Your Life'

Pamela Mays McDonald | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Oakland, University of California, Berkeley, Affordable Health Care Act, Kenya Wheeler, Nancy Pelosi, offthebus2012, Supreme Court Health Care, Run for Kenya, Offthebus, Health Care Law, Off the Bus, Politics News

As the Supreme Court, on this third and final day, weighs the future of the Affordable Care Act (AKA "Obamacare"), the saga of Kenya's journey these past few months demonstrates the life-or-death significance of the Court's deliberations.

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Review: Our Dying Planet

Jan McGirk | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: China Dialogue, University of California, Extinction, Peter Sale, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Global Warming, Coral Reefs, Book Review, Green News

"We've wiped out a lot of species over the years. This will be the first time we've actually eliminated an entire ecosystem," laments ecologist Peter F Sale, in Our Dying Planet, his latest book, published by University of California Press. It's full of nasty surprises.

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Repress U, Class of 2012: 7 Steps to a Homeland Security Campus

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.23.2012

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Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it has come to America's towns and cities, its places of work and its houses of worship, its public space and its cyberspace.

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Should Incoming College Freshmen Have To Declare Their Sexual Orientation?

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: College Admissions, The Daily Californian, University of California, Sexual Orientation College Freshmen, Ucla, Lgbt Teens, The Daily Bruin, College Freshmen, Lgbt College, Video, Teen News

In addition to identifying their race, gender and ethnicity, incoming college freshmen at University of California schools may also be asked to identi...

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University of California Gets It Wrong (Again)

Bob Ostertag | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Civil Liberties, Mark Yudof, University of California, Student Protest, Free Speech, Politics News

Why is it that every time an administrator from the University of California opens their mouth about social protest they immediately insert their feet...

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Can Baby Brains Point Way To Smarter Computers?

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Video, University of California, Computers, UC Berkeley, Baby Brain, Alison Gopnik, Psychologist, Computer Science, Babies, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 03/13/2012 01:49 PM EDT on LiveScience Cognitive scientists hope to bottle up a baby's...

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UC Davis Pepper Spray Report May Not Be Released

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.07.2012

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A task force investigating the pepper spraying of protesters at University of California, Davis cannot release their report to the public because of a...

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Occupy Education Connects Dots From Wall Street To American Schools

Jane Perry | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Occupy Education, Education Funding, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Modesto Junior College, University of California, Morgan Stanley, Education, Laney College, Peralta Community College, 99%, Sacramento, California Sate University, Politics News

With state budget cuts to education, the money Peralta Community College has to pay to Morgan Stanley for a higher interest rate is money they have had to cut for classes, instructors, and support services for the disabled. OccupyEducation says a renegotiation would restore 360 classes.

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It's Now Cheaper To Go To School At Harvard Than In Cal State

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: UC Santa Cruz, California State University, Tuition Hikes, Student Debt, California Budget Cuts, UC Berkeley, Financial Aid, Harvard, Student Loans, Ivy Leagues, Yale, Student Protests, University of California, Princeton, College News, Cal State, Education Cuts, Cost of College, College News

Going to school at Harvard University is cheaper than attending a public university in California. According to the Bay Area News Group, a "family ...

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UC Berkeley Student In Coma After Falling Off Frat House

Posted 03.02.2012

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A student at the University of California, Berkeley is in a coma and listed in critical condition after falling nearly three stories off of the side o...

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College Students Plan U.S. Walkout On Thursday

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Demonstrations, Occupy Cal, Occupy Pitt, Student Debt, New York Protest, Occupy Protests, National Day of Action, Student Loans, Occupy Movement, Occupy Education, University of California, March 1, Student Protest, College News, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Ohio Student Protest, Higher Ed Funding, National Student Protest, Higher Education, Public Education, Occupy Colleges, San Francisco, Ohio Protesters, College News

NEW YORK -- Thousands of U.S. college students will walk out of class Thursday in a coordinated day of protest against what may be another year of sig...

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