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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...

University of California Announces Free Tuition For All Californian Native American Students Beginning This Fall

April 27, 2022 2:25 amMay 3, 2022 4:04 am

The University of California released a letter by UC President Michael V. Drake on Tuesday, announcing that all Californian Native American residents will not have to pay tuition starting in the fall semester. Press play to hear a narrated version...

Institutional Bias on College Campuses?

March 22, 2022 2:48 amMarch 31, 2022 11:36 pm

It has been well established that in academia Democrats outnumber Republicans and Liberals outnumber Conservatives. While this indisputable fact has been longstanding, there was a time when the college campus was still thought to be THE place for the free...

Santa Cruz Prof. Exposes UC Policy to Allow Academic Departments to Issue Political Statements

March 7, 2022 11:43 am

Should any academic department within the University of California endorse statements on political issues in the name of the department? As scandalous as that may seem, that is exactly what has been proposed in the UC system by the University...

California’s Student Voter Registration Act

February 16, 2022 10:20 amFebruary 16, 2022 10:27 am

California law provides student voter registration rules in the Elections Code. Article 3.5 contains Sections 2145 – 2148.5. Section 2145 provides that Article 3.5 is known as the Student Voter Registration Act of 2003. Section 2146 requires the Secretary of...

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...

Dear Gov. Newsom: Globe Reader Writes Op Ed on Behalf of his Suffering Kids

August 13, 2021 3:09 pm

A California Globe reader shared this powerful op ed/letter, outlining what Gov. Gavin Newsom has done to his family through the statewide school lockdowns. The reader is known to the Globe but asked for anonymity for his children’s sake. He...