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Berkeley students, faculty and staff joined thousands of protesters from across California in Sacramento Monday for a mass demonstration against the defunding of public education.
Tag: budget cuts
A campus perspective: ‘Occupy’ and the crisis in higher education
December 13, 2011:
Berkeley students and staff share their opinions on the state of public education and the recent campus protests.
Tuition, fee increases eyed for UC budget shortfall
July 5, 2011:
With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a billion-dollar budget gap resulting from steep cuts in state funding, the University of California staff is preparing to recommend to the Board of Regents that roughly one-quarter of the shortfall be offset with tuition and fee increases.
UCOP expresses disappointment with state budget
June 28, 2011:
In a brief statement issued Tuesday morning, the University of California Office of the President calls the latest state budget plan “deeply disappointing,” and says UC leaders “continue to oppose further cuts, and support any efforts that will restore long-term stability to state funding of higher education.”
Calling budget challenges ‘extraordinary,’ Birgeneau asks regents for flexibility for UC campuses
March 16, 2011:
Warning that “formerly great institutions have disappeared,” Berkeley’s chancellor urged the regents Wednesday to support “enlightened policies” on a number of critical issues affecting students, staff and faculty.
Students end protest on ledge of Wheeler Hall
March 4, 2011:
Eight student protesters who occupied a Wheeler Hall ledge on Thursday came safely down seven hours later following discussions with campus administrators.
In their own words: UC Berkeley students on the impact of campus budget cuts
May 11, 2010:
When all is said and done, the story of the 2009-10 academic year at the University of California is the story of unprecedented cuts in state funding. What has this meant, at Berkeley, to students trying to get an education? Twelve students share their experiences.
