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CSU to join UC in cutting pay, raising tuition

Jul. 17, 2009

Just as the University of California's Board of Regents was voting Thursday morning to cut $813 million from the UC budget, the chancellor of the California State University system announced he will ask trustees to approve a hefty 20 percent fee hike on...

Lawsuit targeting in-state tuition breaks

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Dozens of U.S. citizens allege in a lawsuit that offering in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants is unfair to official citizens.

University sues animal rights activists

LOS ANGELES, March 11 (UPI) -- The University of California Regents has sued three animal-rights groups over alleged attacks on researchers who conduct experiments on animals.

Debate on ethics of tobacco funding

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 19 (UPI) -- University of California officials said they will discuss in September whether it will accept additional research funding from the tobacco industry.

Cal. institute gives first stem-cell grant

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (UPI) -- A California body established by state voters to fund stem cell research has awarded its first $12.1 million in grants.

Noted physicist David S. Saxon dies at 85

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Noted physicist David S. Saxon, who headed the University of California system from 1975 to 1983, died at age 85.

UC campuses struck

LOS ANGELES, April 15 (UPI) -- Service workers were supported by several students in their one-day strike against University of California's 12 campuses to protest stagnant wages.

California warns of hacker

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- California will warn 1.4 million residents this week that a hacker may have gained access to their personal information in August.

Calif. universities may raise standards

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (UPI) -- The University of California is considering raising its admissions standards after learning that 14 percent of the state's high school seniors were eligible.

Tuition break for illegal immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The regents of the prestigious University of California system Thursday gave conditional approval to a new tuition program that will allow certain non-residents, including illegal immigrants, to pay the same tuition as that for legal residents.