California’s economy is one of the world’s largest, and according to a new report, the state needs 1 million more workers with bachelor’s degrees by 2030 to keep up with economic demand. California’s public universities may be among the most costly for high-income students, but they’re among the least costly for disadvantaged students. That’s because the state does more than most to supplement need-based federal grants with state grants, the institute has found. Each year, the state invests about $2 billion in scholarships called Cal Grants for roughly 360,000 students from low-income families. Those grants help cover the cost of tuition and fees for more than 60 percent of California State University students and more than half of those enrolled at a University of California campus or a community college.

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by Jessica Calefati, Calmatters.

Posted: July 6th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

The two students vied for seats in the most competitive year ever at UCLA, which became the first university in the nation to receive more than 100,000 applications from prospective freshmen — with room for only 5,950 of them.To fill that class, the Westwood campus admitted 16,494 applicants — down from 17,522 last year, according to University of California data released Thursday. Offers of admission to California residents fell by 10.8% over last year to 9,292… UC announced it is on track to enroll 2,500 more California undergraduates this fall, a target pledged to state lawmakers who have pushed to limit students from other states and countries in favor of additional local residents… Overall, UC offered admission this year to 106,011 prospective freshmen and 24,685 transfer students. Among them, 69,972 were California high school students, a decline of 1.7% from last year but an increase from 61,834 in 2015-16.

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by Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times.

Posted: July 6th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

Among the nine University of California campuses that enrolls undergraduates, UC Davis admitted the highest number of international students for the upcoming school year, according to admissions data released Thursday. Out of nearly 14,000 international applicants, UC Davis accepted 8,415 students, an admit rate of 60.4 percent. By comparison, 18,480 California residents were accepted from the 51,425 who applied – a success rate of 35.9 percent. The number of residents admitted was slightly down compared to 2016, in line with the overall trend at other campuses… UC officials have defended the policy, noting that out-of-state students pay an average of $40,182 in tuition and fees annually, which is an important source of revenue for the institution. In-state students pay $13,500 in tuition and fees and are subsidized by the state.

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by Richard Chang, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: July 6th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

When states began opting in to Medicaid expansion after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, among the beneficiaries were the teaching hospitals that train doctors and nurses and serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients. But if the U.S. Senate’s proposal to replace the ACA goes through, higher education groups say, those teaching institutions could take a large hit to their bottom lines because of serious Medicaid cuts. In addition, the pressures those reductions would put on state budgets likely will lead to less support of public higher education, the groups warned.

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by Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed.

Posted: July 6th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

One in every 5 of the Los Angeles Community College District’s 230,000 students is homeless, and nearly two-thirds can’t afford to eat properly, according to a new survey commissioned by the system’s board of trustees. Nearly half the L.A. community college students surveyed reported struggling with high housing costs. Of the 19% who said they were recently homeless, 8% reported being thrown out of their homes, 4% said they had been evicted, and 6% had stayed in an abandoned building, car or other location not meant for housing, the survey said. Although college students nationwide face financial constraints that affect their nutrition, according to the study, those enrolled at the L.A. district’s nine campuses fare worse than the national average. About 65% can’t afford balanced meals, and 60% are unable to buy more when their food runs out, the study said.

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by Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times.

Posted: June 29th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

The incoming chancellor of UC Berkeley has unveiled her plan to reduce the school’s budget deficit from $110 million to $57 million this year — and it involves some deep cuts… Christ takes the helm at Cal from Nicholas Dirks, who has faced widespread criticism for his handling of the university’s finances, while the UC system as a whole is under fire from lawmakers upset over a recent audit that showed the central office failed to disclose $175 million in reserves. Tuition is also set to rise for the first time in six years.

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by Emily DeRuy, The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted: June 28th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

Two months after a state audit found mismanagement at the University of California, Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday blocked a Republican legislator’s proposal to have auditors go back in and look deeper at spending, this time with an eye for possible criminal activity… “I am fighting to return trust in the institution of the UC Office of the President for students, parents, faculty and staff,” Acosta said. “Only complete transparency can accomplish that goal.” However, no Democratic lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted to authorize a new audit, so the motion failed… State Auditor Elaine Howle said Wednesday in response to a legislator’s question that she did not find any evidence of misuse of funds. “We didn’t see anything nefarious,” Howle told the panel.

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by Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times.

Posted: June 28th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

California governor Jerry Brown’s office has apparently been ignoring state law and appointing members of the University of California Board of Regents without first consulting a mandatory advisory committee. Some members of the advisory committee claim they have never spoken to the governor whom they are obligated to advise; it is further unclear if the committee has assembled even once in its more-than-four-decade-long history.

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by Amber Loveshe, The College Fix.

Posted: June 27th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations wrote a letter to California state Sen. Kevin de León last week asking the state senate to reject the four regents Gov. Jerry Brown appointed last month. The CUCFA said Brown did not consult an advisory committee when selecting the regents, as specified by the California Constitution… Glantz added that he thinks the governor should have used the advisory committee because he thinks the regents in general are not representative of California’s demographics.

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by Sharon (Yu Chun) Zhen, The Daily Bruin.

Posted: June 26th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.

While Chicanos and other Latinos make up over 40 percent of the California population, Chicanos are less than 20 percent of UCSD’s undergraduate enrollment… A recent New York Times article noted that the percentage of UCSD students receiving federal Pell grants decreased from 48 percent in 2012 to 26 percent in 2016. While virtually every other higher education institution in San Diego County has become a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with an enrollment of at least 25 percent Chicano/Latino, UCSD has failed to enlist the support of the UCSD Chicano Alumni Association, our Concilio and local Chicano stakeholders to develop a plan that will achieve HSI status for UCSD.

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by Patrick Velasquez, The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Posted: June 22nd, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.