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48,000 UC Workers Launch Strike Over Pay, Benefit Disagreements

November 14, 2022 12:51 pm

48,000 University of California (UC) academic workers went on strike on Monday over pay and benefit disagreements, sparking one of the largest higher education strikes in US history, as well as the largest in the nation since 2019. Until the...

New Poll Shows Majority of Californians Believe That State College is Too Expensive in California

May 9, 2022 4:16 pm

According to a new Strategies 360 poll released on Monday, the majority of Californians believe that University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) tuition is too expensive, despite the vast majority agreeing that a college degree is valuable...

California State University Joins UC in Mandating COVID-19 Boosters For Returning Students, Faculty

December 22, 2021 1:10 pm

The California State University system announced on Wednesday that all students and faculty members will need a COVID-19 vaccine booster to return to class during the spring semester, joining the UC system and California health care workers in mandating boosters....

UC Lecturer’s Union Makes Tentative Agreement Hours Before Strike

November 17, 2021 4:26 pmNovember 17, 2021 4:37 pm

The University of California and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), a union that represents one third of all lecturers in the UC system, avoided a strike on Wednesday morning by coming to a tentative new labor agreement Wednesday...

UC, CSU Systems Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement For Fall 2021 Semester

April 23, 2021 10:37 amApril 29, 2021 8:29 am

Both the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems announced on Thursday that all students, faculty, and staff will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if they wish to return to class and access university facilities...

UC To Sue Federal Government, ICE Over New International Student Online Class Order

July 9, 2020 5:48 pmJuly 13, 2020 9:04 am

On Wednesday, the University of California announced that it will sue the federal government over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement order to stop international students from staying in the United States if they attend universities that offer online only courses...

California Legislature Announces 2020-2021 Budget Proposal

June 4, 2020 8:32 pmJune 5, 2020 7:50 am

On Wednesday, the California Assembly and Senate announced a budget proposal that would largely be left intact without many significant cuts, putting it directly at odds with Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal. Senators and Assembly members don’t want Newsom’s budget...