The Institute of the Arts & Sciences opens its beautiful new Westside space Sunday, marking a new effort on the part of UC Santa Cruz to engage with residents of the city and county.
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About 5,000 UCSC students still without at least one letter grade for fall quarter in strike’s wake
About 5,000 undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz are still missing at least one letter grade for fall quarter assignments that went ungraded during the graduate worker strike. The university is encouraging faculty to prioritize grading for students who are most affected.
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UC intends to dock pay of workers who went on strike
The University of California said it would claw back wages paid to workers who went on strike in late 2022. The move affects 48,000 workers.
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Cabrillo College board members say name-change process prioritizes community feedback, college’s values
Cabrillo College is embarking on the second phase of its name-change process: proposing and approving a new name. This week, officials began publicizing a survey — open to anyone — to solicit new names for the school. Trustees Christina Cuevas and Adam Spickler gave an update on the process.
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To afford historic labor contract, UC considers cutting TAs, graduate student admissions
After the UC and academic workers celebrated wage gains in new labor contracts, campuses scramble to pay for them, with potential cuts in new graduate students looming.
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College enrollment decline leads to funding changes for underperforming Cal State schools
Cal State leaders revealed a new plan that will take money from campuses missing enrollment targets and give it to schools exceeding their targets.
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UCSC student-body president talks next steps after removal of predecessor
UC Santa Cruz’s new Student Union Assembly president, Jimmy Gomez, says he’s taking steps to repair damage and restore trust in the student government months after former president Alfredo Gama Salmeron was recalled from the office by undergraduates.
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Joint Cabrillo College-UCSC housing project proposal to compete for state funding
UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College are preparing to submit a bid later this month for state funding to build a 624-bed student housing complex that would be run jointly by the two schools. The project, to be located next to the softball fields at Cabrillo’s Aptos campus, would also include a child care center.
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Cabrillo College plans for 25-member advisory board, community surveys in renaming process
Cabrillo College’s governing board briefly outlined the process to rename the school at a meeting Tuesday. Among the steps: The board plans to solicit applications from campus and community members to form a “name advisory committee” of up to 25 people to help narrow the list of potential new names to three to five.
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UCSC power restored and in-person instruction to resume Wednesday after storms hit Santa Cruz County
UC Santa Cruz will resume in-person instruction Wednesday and power has been restored, after widespread storms across Santa Cruz County caused some areas of campus to lose power Monday and forced the school to move to remote instruction Monday and Tuesday.