UC Berkeley will increase California students, cut out-of-state ones to meet enrollment cap
2 years, 9 months ago

UC Berkeley will increase California students, cut out-of-state ones to meet enrollment cap

LA Times  

UC Berkeley will boost the number of Californians and significantly reduce out-of-state and international students this fall as it scrambles to meet a court-ordered enrollment cap for the coming academic year just a few weeks before admission decisions are set for release. California UC Berkeley will meet court-ordered enrollment cap with online, deferred admission offers A California Supreme Court ruling upholding an enrollment cap on UC Berkeley will force the campus to offer hundreds of incoming students admission for online classes for fall or deferred enrollment next spring. Given research showing that low-income students tend to do better with in-person instruction, he said such considerations would be “front and center” in planning enrollment options. “We’re actually feeling really confident about our ability to offer a world-class online experience for students, especially coming off the pandemic where we as an institution really strengthened our online muscle,” he said. “To be clear, the harm caused by this court decision extends beyond the students who should be offered an in-person seat in our fall 2022 class,” a campus statement said.

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UC applications rise for fall 2024, with gains in diversity and transfer applicants
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UC applications rise for fall 2024, with gains in diversity and transfer applicants

LA Times  

The University of California drew a quarter-million applications for fall 2024, an increase over last year powered by a significant rebound in community college transfer applicants and more in-state residents of increasingly diverse backgrounds, according to preliminary data released Wednesday. The number of California first-year applications increased to 134,053, a 1.4% rise over last year’s preliminary data, with gains at …

UC enrolls record number of California undergrads in fall 2023, cuts out-of-state students
11 months ago

UC enrolls record number of California undergrads in fall 2023, cuts out-of-state students

LA Times  

The University of California enrolled a record number of California undergraduates in fall 2023, reducing the number of students from other states and countries as it met public and political demands to give more of the system’s highly sought-after seats to state residents. Clark also credited another systemwide financial aid program for helping UCLA more than double the number of …

UC admits record number of California first-year students for fall 2023, led by Latinos
1 year, 4 months ago

UC admits record number of California first-year students for fall 2023, led by Latinos

LA Times  

The University of California admitted a record number of California applicants for fall 2023 — led by Latinos, who were part of the largest class of underrepresented students ever — as campuses received more funding to increase coveted seats, according to preliminary data released Tuesday. UC campuses also increased admission offers to transfer students — even as their applications last …

UC applications slow down for fall 2023. Will Californians get a better shot at admission?
1 year, 10 months ago

UC applications slow down for fall 2023. Will Californians get a better shot at admission?

LA Times  

After two years of record growth, the University of California received a smaller number of applications for fall 2023, with state students holding steady but nonresidents declining, according to preliminary data released Friday. Transfer student applications dipped to 39,363 for fall 2023 — a 2.4% decline from last year compared with a 12.6% drop between 2021 and 2022, when the …

UC admits record number of Californians and far fewer out-of-state students
2 years, 4 months ago

UC admits record number of Californians and far fewer out-of-state students

LA Times  

Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA, which plans to enroll more Californians and fewer nonresident students this fall. In a revised playbook guiding University of California admissions, the system’s nine undergraduate campuses accepted a record number of California first-year students for fall 2022, while significantly narrowing entry to out-of-state and international applicants amid widespread demands to preserve coveted seats …

UC could grow by 33,000 California students, equivalent of new campus, to meet surging demand
2 years, 5 months ago

UC could grow by 33,000 California students, equivalent of new campus, to meet surging demand

LA Times  

The University of California is aiming to increase seats for in-state students by as many as 33,000 by 2030. At least one state legislator said he’s all in on the higher target: Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, chair of an Assembly subcommittee on education finance who has long pushed UC to increase seats for California students. McCarty said he and his legislative …

UC Riverside has big Latino enrollment, but is beset by funding inequities. Will it change?
2 years, 6 months ago

UC Riverside has big Latino enrollment, but is beset by funding inequities. Will it change?

LA Times  

Jordan Guillory, a UC Riverside junior, is never sure where his math class will meet. Medina is sponsoring new state legislation to dramatically boost support for Riverside and UC Merced, which has the highest share of low-income students of color, through an “Inland Rising Fund” that would pay for more classrooms, labs, faculty, staff and research projects aimed at powering …

UC, CSU and community colleges set to get big funding boost — with big expectations
2 years, 7 months ago

UC, CSU and community colleges set to get big funding boost — with big expectations

LA Times  

California’s three systems of public higher education are set to get a big funding boost — but in exchange will need to meet comprehensive targets to improve access, affordability and equity under Gov. The 10-campus UC system, which educates 295,000 students, would receive an increase of $307.3 million in ongoing funding for 2022-23, including $200.5 million for the base general …

New California law prevents enrollment drop at UC Berkeley
2 years, 9 months ago

New California law prevents enrollment drop at UC Berkeley

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. The court sided with a neighborhood group that had sued the school, arguing university officials did not consider how adding more students would affect the environment, as a state law requires. But Phil Bokovoy, president of Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods, said “this poorly drafted bill will result in more litigation.” “UC Berkeley does not have the …

Gov. Newsom signs law to stop UC Berkeley enrollment cuts
2 years, 9 months ago

Gov. Newsom signs law to stop UC Berkeley enrollment cuts

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will allow UC Berkeley to resume enrollment plans for about 5,000 California first-year students. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will rescue UC Berkeley from a court-ordered enrollment freeze and steep admission cuts and allow the university to resume plans to enroll more than 5,000 California first-year students. “On behalf of the thousands …

Lawmakers unveil rescue effort to help UC Berkeley avoid enrollment cuts after court battle
2 years, 9 months ago

Lawmakers unveil rescue effort to help UC Berkeley avoid enrollment cuts after court battle

LA Times  

UC Berkeley is facing a court order to slash in-person fall enrollment by more than 2,600 students, but California lawmakers are racing to pass a legislative solution. Gavin Newsom, the legislation would take effect immediately and retroactively — allowing UC Berkeley to proceed with its original plans to enroll more than 5,000 first-year California students, according to state Assemblyman Phil …

Can UC Berkeley plan to house homeless people inspire other campuses to tackle the crisis?
2 years, 9 months ago

Can UC Berkeley plan to house homeless people inspire other campuses to tackle the crisis?

LA Times  

DJ Prendez hangs out at People’s Park, where UC Berkeley is proposing to build student and permanent supportive housing. In a partnership unique in American higher education, UC Berkeley and city and nonprofit collaborators unveiled plans Wednesday to provide interim housing at a converted motel, as well as meals and social services, to unsheltered people sleeping in the iconic People’s …

Editorial: The state needs a different approach to solving UC crowding
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: The state needs a different approach to solving UC crowding

LA Times  

Students on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley in 2017. On Thursday, the state Supreme Court agreed, ruling that UC Berkeley could not admit the 3,050 additional students above its 2020 enrollment that it had planned for this fall without further environmental study. Berkeley city residents also are right that the city, with its lack of open …

How much will UC Berkeley have to cut admissions after Supreme Court decision? What we know
2 years, 9 months ago

How much will UC Berkeley have to cut admissions after Supreme Court decision? What we know

LA Times  

Sept. 2019 photo of students on campus at UC Berkeley in Berkeley. The California Supreme Court declined to lift an enrollment cap on UC Berkeley, and that could have profound implications for the campus and beyond. California UC Berkeley will meet court-ordered enrollment cap with online, deferred admission offers A California Supreme Court ruling upholding an enrollment cap on UC …

UC Berkeley Forced To Cut Admissions By Thousands Due To Court Ruling
2 years, 9 months ago

UC Berkeley Forced To Cut Admissions By Thousands Due To Court Ruling

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING University of California, Berkeley will be forced to admit about 3,000 fewer students than it planned for fall 2022 after the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling limiting enrollment. In a statement, the university said it was “extremely disheartened” by the ruling, saying it was “devastating news for the thousands of students who have worked …

UC Berkeley ordered to freeze enrollment for incoming class
2 years, 9 months ago

UC Berkeley ordered to freeze enrollment for incoming class

Associated Press  

The University of California, Berkeley was ordered by the state Supreme Court on Thursday to freeze its undergraduate enrollment at 2020-21 levels, meaning it will have to accept at least 3,000 fewer students than planned for in the upcoming academic year. “We believe this effort is preferable to drastically reducing the number of offers of admissions and denying so many …

UC Berkeley will meet court-ordered enrollment cap with online, deferred admission offers
2 years, 9 months ago

UC Berkeley will meet court-ordered enrollment cap with online, deferred admission offers

LA Times  

UC Berkeley could be forced by a court order to roll back enrollment, forcing it to slash its incoming fall class by one-third, or 3,050 students. A university spokesman said the campus would meet the court-ordered cap by offering at least 1,500 incoming first-year and transfer students online enrollment for fall or deferred admission next January for the spring semester. …

Newsom urges state high court to avert looming cut of 3,050 students at UC Berkeley
2 years, 10 months ago

Newsom urges state high court to avert looming cut of 3,050 students at UC Berkeley

LA Times  

Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, at UC Berkeley, which is facing steep cuts in its incoming class this fall due to a court order to freeze enrollment. “I urge the Supreme Court to step in to ensure we are expanding access to higher education and opportunity, not blocking it.” Newsom’s amicus letter, submitted by state Atty. California Here’s …

Here’s why UC Berkeley may be forced to slash 3,000 seats from its fall class
2 years, 10 months ago

Here’s why UC Berkeley may be forced to slash 3,000 seats from its fall class

LA Times  

Students walk on campus at UC Berkeley, which may be forced to slash 3,050 seats from its fall 2022 undergraduate class. This week, UC Berkeley announced that if a court order stands, it would be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class by one-third, or 3,050 seats for first-year and transfer students. UC, in its appeal to the high …

Op-Ed: Don’t slam the door on the next generation of UC Berkeley students
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: Don’t slam the door on the next generation of UC Berkeley students

LA Times  

A recent court order requires UC Berkeley to turn away 1 out of 3 applicants who would’ve otherwise been accepted for fall 2022. We are deeply alarmed by the recent court order to require UC Berkeley to turn away 1 out of every 3 undergraduate students that they would have otherwise enrolled in the incoming fall 2022 class. The appellate …

UC Berkeley may be forced by court to cut 3,000 undergraduate seats, freeze enrollment
2 years, 10 months ago

UC Berkeley may be forced by court to cut 3,000 undergraduate seats, freeze enrollment

LA Times  

UC Berkeley could be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class of freshmen and transfer students by one-third, or 3,050 seats, under a court order to halt growth. UC Berkeley, one of the nation’s most highly sought after campuses, may be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class by one-third, or 3,050 seats, and forgo $57 million in …

California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years
2 years, 11 months ago

California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years

LA Times  

California’s fall 2021 undergraduate enrollment dropped by nearly a quarter-million students since pre-pandemic fall 2019, according to a survey released Thursday. The report from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that California saw an overall decline of more than 99,000 — or 4.3% — in undergraduate enrollment from fall 2020 to fall 2021, driven largely by a 9.9% drop in community …

Too many qualified students are shut out of UC, CSU. A new study offers some solutions
3 years ago

Too many qualified students are shut out of UC, CSU. A new study offers some solutions

LA Times  

UCLA is the most applied-to university in the nation. As a result, tens of thousands of eligible students are being shut out — and the state can no longer meet its California promise of a UC and Cal State education for them. Michele Siqueiros, the Campaign for College Opportunity’s president, said both systems are working hard to accommodate the crush …

California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop
3 years, 1 month ago

California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop

LA Times  

Students walk on the Los Angeles City College campus in August. California’s precipitous drop in undergraduate college enrollment — driven largely by big declines in community college attendance — has continued for a second straight year, a trend fueled by a declining population and pandemic pressures drawing young adults to the workforce, not classrooms. By one measure the fall 2021 …

California is failing to meet demand for UC admission. Why it’s a crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

California is failing to meet demand for UC admission. Why it’s a crisis

LA Times  

Students and staff cheer on a student after he completes his intent to enroll at UCLA. The number of students who meet UC and California State University admission requirements but can’t enroll in a four-year institution because of a shortfall of seats could nearly double from about 73,000 students in 2018-19 to 144,000 by 2030, according to a study by …

UC raises tuition despite student outcry, touting more financial aid and budget stability
3 years, 5 months ago

UC raises tuition despite student outcry, touting more financial aid and budget stability

LA Times  

Students walk the sidewalks on the UC Berkeley campus, where Chancellor Carol Christ has called for a tuition increase. University of California regents, citing the need for financial stability and more grant aid, approved a tuition increase Thursday following widespread student protests and two years of debate. He oversaw a similar tuition plan at Ohio State University before taking the …

A bold plan for UC: Cut share of out-of-state students by half amid huge California demand
3 years, 7 months ago

A bold plan for UC: Cut share of out-of-state students by half amid huge California demand

LA Times  

A legislative plan to slash the share of UC nonresident students would particularly hit UCLA, where they make up a quarter of incoming freshmen. “It’s not about ending out-of-state students — they really add to the mix and the educational experience,” said Sen. John Laird, whose Senate budget subcommittee on education discussed the plan this month. UC called for a …

UC weighs limited tuition increase for fall 2022
3 years, 7 months ago

UC weighs limited tuition increase for fall 2022

LA Times  

The University of California is weighing a limited tuition increase for fall 2022, which officials say would raise more financial aid for low-income students at UC Riverside and other campuses. UC President Michael V. Drake told regents at the virtual board meeting Thursday that the plan would bring financial predictability for families, help struggling campuses maintain educational quality and make …

UC’s record-smashing applications put long-held diversity goals within reach
3 years, 10 months ago

UC’s record-smashing applications put long-held diversity goals within reach

LA Times  

The University of California’s record-shattering applications for fall 2021 show remarkable surges in Black, Latino and other underrepresented students seeking admission, putting the system within reach of dismantling long-standing admission barriers and building a student body that reflects the state’s diversity. Overall, UC’s nine undergraduate campuses drew a record number of applicants despite myriad pandemic challenges, totaling 249,855, a 16.1% …

UC must immediately drop use of the SAT and ACT for admissions and scholarships, judge rules
4 years, 3 months ago

UC must immediately drop use of the SAT and ACT for admissions and scholarships, judge rules

LA Times  

The University of California must immediately suspend use of SAT or ACT test scores for admission and scholarship decisions, an Alameda County Superior Court judge has ruled. The University of California must immediately suspend all use of SAT and ACT test scores for admission and scholarship decisions under a preliminary injunction issued by an Alameda County Superior Court judge. The …

For the first time, Latinos are the largest group of Californians admitted to UC
4 years, 5 months ago

For the first time, Latinos are the largest group of Californians admitted to UC

LA Times  

In a historic shift, Latinos are the leading group of prospective freshmen accepted into the University of California for fall 2020, part of the system’s largest and most diverse first-year class ever admitted, according to preliminary data released Thursday. The incoming class will be one of our most talented and diverse yet, and UC is proud to invite them to …

UC Berkeley ties dozens of new coronavirus cases to campus Greek parties
4 years, 5 months ago

UC Berkeley ties dozens of new coronavirus cases to campus Greek parties

CNN  

CNN — Officials at the University California, Berkeley are worried that their hopes to bring students back to campus in the fall won’t go as planned after the school confirmed 47 new coronavirus cases in just one week. Most of the new cases “stem from a series of recent parties connected to the CalGreek system, which included students both within …

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