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UC Berkeley Sued Over Anti-Semitism On Campus

November 29, 2023 12:37 pm

The University of California, Berkeley was sued by the Jewish human rights groups Brandeis Center and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education on Tuesday over longstanding ‘inaction’ of discrimination against Jewish students on campus, becoming the second case of it’s...

Federal Student Loan Payments Resume for Millions after 3-year COVID Break

October 2, 2023 12:10 pmOctober 2, 2023 12:28 pm

The Biden Administration opened a can of worms when it suspended federal student loan payments during COVID. Now three years later, with the federal student loan payments resuming again after the pause for COVID, media and the left are already...

Controversy Over Laphonza Butler Deepens as Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Replacement

October 2, 2023 11:47 amOctober 2, 2023 11:47 am

Funeral and Lying In State Services for recently deceased Senator Dianne Feinstein were announced on Monday amid growing concern that her interim replacement, Laphonza Butler, may not meet all the necessary requirements for office. Since Friday, California has seen a...

Bill Aimed At Easing Community College to UC Transfers Meets More Academic Opposition

July 21, 2023 11:20 amJuly 21, 2023 11:20 am

Opposition continued to grow against a bill this week that would make it easier to transfer from community colleges to one of the 23 campuses of the University of California (UC), with the UC continuing to lead the charge against...

Limited Offshoring of UC and CSU Contracts

January 14, 2023 8:51 amJanuary 14, 2023 8:53 am

California’s Public Contract Code limits the “offshoring” of contracts involving the University of California and California State University, pursuant to Chapter 3.9 of Part 2 of Division 2, which was added in 2017 by Chapter 844. Public Contract Code Section...

UC and Labor Union Reach Tentative Agreement Over Academic Worker Strike

December 19, 2022 2:03 pm

The University of California academic workers strike that began November 14th and, at it’s peak, affected 48,000 workers across the UC system, ended on Friday when a tentative agreement was reached between UC and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union...

UC Strike Affecting Students Finals, Semester Grades

December 9, 2022 2:30 amDecember 8, 2022 9:56 pm

The ongoing University of California strike of 36,000 academic student employees (such as teaching assistants) and graduate student researchers continued on Thursday, with the strike now directly affecting students’ finals and their grades for the semester. The strike began nearly a...