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Fears rise that UC strike could have long-lasting consequences on vaunted research, teaching

LOS ANGELES — As the nation's largest ever strike of higher-education academic workers enters its third week Monday, with the crunch time of final exams just days away, fears are rising over long-lasting and unintended consequences to the University of California's core missions of teaching and research.

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UC Berkeley student groups' refusal to invite Zionist speakers draws civil rights complaint

LOS ANGELES — A federal civil rights complaint accuses the University of California, Berkeley of an "act of discrimination against the Jewish community" by allowing law school student groups to adopt bylaws refusing to invite speakers who support Zionism.

Los Angeles Times

Cal still fighting on football death

More evidence that when elite universities get hooked on football, they start behaving like tobacco companies

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Commentary: As a UC professor, I support the strikers. Our schools shouldn’t have let it come to this

Nearly 48,000 employees across all 10 University of California campuses went on strike this week. These union members — including postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers and graduate students employed as instructors, teaching assistants and tutors, among other roles — are demanding higher pay, child care payments, better working conditions and access…

Los Angeles Times

Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line

In a historic strike of around 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system, unionized employees are pushing for better compensation and protections, as their work stoppage on Tuesday continued to cause noticeable disruptions to campus research, teaching and grading.

Los Angeles Times

UC regents alter agenda and may vote Thursday on blocking UCLA's move to the Big Ten

LOS ANGELES — In what might go down as one of the most monumental days in the history of UCLA athletics, the Bruins could learn Thursday whether their surprise move to the Big Ten Conference can proceed without interference from the University of California's governing body.

Los Angeles Times

48,000 California academic workers strike for higher wages

US student-workers head to picket line amid a cost-of-living crisis that has left many struggling to afford housing.

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48,000 University of California academic workers on strike

Nearly 48,000 unionized academic workers at all 10 University of California campuses have walked off the job Monday

The Independent UK

Graduate workers across University of California system to strike for better pay

Students, researchers and scholars are negotiating contracts in what could be the largest strike in US’s higher education history

The Guardian - US

Renaming California's Hastings law school sparks $1.7 billion legal fight that shows how hard it is to ditch donors' names

Six descendants of Serranus Clinton Hastings, California’s first chief justice, and a group that says it represents alumni are suing the state of California over its decision to rename a nearly 150-year-old law school. The University of California, Hastings College of the Law, will become UC College of the Law,…

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Editorial: A strike by UC academic workers would tarnish the prestigious university system

If the University of California and 48,000 academic workers fail to reach an agreement on pay increases and other benefits in the next few days it may tarnish a higher education system long seen as the best in the country.

Los Angeles Times

How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

WEKU

California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity

For nearly half a century, the University of California has been at the center of national debates over affirmative action and who is entitled to coveted seats in the premier public higher education system.

Los Angeles Times

UC pushed to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work permits

LOS ANGELES — The University of California is considering a proposal to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work authorization in what would be a test of federal law that could dramatically alter tens of thousands of young lives.

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Bass' purported USC application shows she had scholarship before applying for social work degree

LOS ANGELES — For weeks, Rep. Karen Bass has faced intensifying questions over her free University of California master's degree in social work while in Congress.

Los Angeles Times

UC admissions to give second chance to rejected students who failed to meet requirements

LOS ANGELES — The University of California, aiming to widen admission access for disadvantaged students, will give a second chance to thousands of rejected California high school applicants who had a qualifying 3.0 grade point average but failed to complete the required series of 15 college preparation courses.

Sports Illustrated

Pac-12’s Kliavkoff Welcomes Possibility of UCLA Remaining in League

The Bruins and USC are expected to move to the Big Ten.

Los Angeles Times

Assault near UC Berkeley campus being investigated as anti-Asian hate crime

A possible anti-Asian hate crime is being investigated near the University of California, Berkeley campus after someone threw rocks at another person, according to authorities.

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Rep. Katie Porter lives in a home she bought on the UC Irvine campus. Now she's facing criticism

LOS ANGELES — The high cost of housing in Orange County created an obstacle for the University of California, Irvine when it sought to recruit talented faculty and administrators. So state university leaders created a nonprofit that built a sprawling suburban development, dubbed University Hills, laced with nature trails, swept…

The Independent UK

Rep. Katie Porter's university housing deal draws scrutiny

In Orange County, California, the typical house sells for $1 million

Axios

California, Michigan universities argue they need affirmative action

The Supreme Court is set to consider the future of affirmative action later this fall.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Republicans attacking student loan relief as a taxpayer burden got degrees on taxpayers' dime

President Joe Biden's student loan relief proposal, including a freeze on payments through the end of the year and forgiveness of $10,000 to $20,000 in loan balances, has elicited predictable cries of outrage from Republicans.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Will California keep its 150-year-old promise to keep UC affordable?

In a letter to The Times in May, Ralph Jones of Riverside reminisced about how easy and cheap it was to go to the University of California in the old days.

WEKU

Colleges are making tuition free for Native students. Will more students graduate?

The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.

Los Angeles Times

University of California leaders propose limits on major athletics changes in wake of UCLA’s jump to Big Ten

LOS ANGELES — Concerned about UCLA’s hasty exit from the Pac-12, the University of California system leadership proposed Wednesday new rules that could limit campuses from making major decisions involving athletics contracts on their own.

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