http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:47:51 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29056 The State of California needs to consider the whopping return on investments for higher education as it tries to balance its budget, UC Berkeley researchers say in new study, "California's Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access and Completion."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:44:08 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26144 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/13/a-campus-perspective-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-and-the-crisis-in-higher-education/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/13/a-campus-perspective-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-and-the-crisis-in-higher-education/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:08:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22232 Berkeley students and staff share their opinions on the state of public education and the recent campus protests.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/13/a-campus-perspective-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-and-the-crisis-in-higher-education/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/07/taxation-citizenship-protest-and-the-future-of-uc/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/07/taxation-citizenship-protest-and-the-future-of-uc/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:25:17 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21888 Three themes — taxation, citizenship and protest — were explored at the Dec. 6 Campus Forum on the Future of Public Universities, the second in a series of public conversations sponsored by campus deans. Many called for UC to form alliances with other institutions affected by public disinvestment.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/07/taxation-citizenship-protest-and-the-future-of-uc/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/rjb-sage-grad-student-summit/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/rjb-sage-grad-student-summit/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:20:03 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21563 The Berkeley Graduate Assembly hosted panel discussions on higher education with top UC administrators, leading faculty and state lawmakers.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/rjb-sage-grad-student-summit/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/17/provost-breslauer-dont-let-public-higher-ed-in-california-be-destroyed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/17/provost-breslauer-dont-let-public-higher-ed-in-california-be-destroyed/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:18:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20684 "It breaks my heart to see what has happened to the master plan for higher education, to community college education, the Cal State system and the UC system," Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer told students and members of the press at a Nov. 16 UC rally in Sacramento.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/17/provost-breslauer-dont-let-public-higher-ed-in-california-be-destroyed/feed/ 0