Article: COMMENTARY: UC SYSTEM FEELING THE STRAIN

Article: Endowment for UC system drags behind private ...
University Wire;  March 2, 2000 ;     663 words ... ... U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The UC system endowment has more than doubled in the ... 1.8 billion, is the highest in the UC system, he added. According to figures from ... and University Business Officers, the UC system ranks seventh in endowment funds among ...

Article: UC system acceptance policies may see major changes
University Wire;  July 3, 2001 ;     656 words ... ... Atkinson outlined proposals to revamp the UC system's undergraduate admissions process ... policies. The alterations would require the UC system to implement a comprehensive application ... subject tests do not correlate with the UC system's course requirements and are not the ...

Article: UC system proposes dropping SATs
University Wire;  February 20, 2001 ;     605 words ... ... Atkinson proposed this week that the UC system end the requirement of SAT I scores as ... Atkinson's proposal also requests that the UC system -- which includes the University of ... implemented, the proposal recommends that the UC system continue to require the SAT II in its ...

Article: UC system may lose $100 million in state funding
University Wire;  January 15, 2008 ;     636 words ... ... in state funding may be cut from the UC system next year, according to a proposed budget ... the extent of the cut's effect on the UC system. He said schools may try to make up ... it loses money that could go to the UC system. "At some point, the state is going ...

Article: UC System proposes new admissions test
University Wire;  February 14, 2002 ;     670 words ... ... United States and the world, while the UC system legally must reserve a majority of its ... grading systems and curricula, USC and the UC system have different factors to consider ... contend with because of the size of the UC system, said Chiara Coletti, College Board ...

Article: UC system considers initiative after five years of ...
University Wire;  May 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of affirmative action throughout the UC system. A year later, the state voter initiative ... because minorities will feel welcome to the UC system, proponents say. "The climate has ... efforts to increase minorities in the UC system without affirmative action, some students ...

Article: COLUMN: UC system sets poor example with appeals
University Wire;  April 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... In 2001, 5,000 students appealed a UC System school's decision, and a ridiculous ... them were overturned. Officially, the UC System discourages appeals and claims that it ... to those who are not qualified, the UC System schools need to show some resolve. Some ...