Ahead of the grading deadline for fall quarter, UC Santa Cruz instructors and students say campus officials are working to ensure that students who have missing grades due to the systemwide University of California academic workers strike aren’t penalized.
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Cabrillo College name change: The life and death of a good idea
Splitting the baby down the middle is often the worst outcome of any contentious debate like the Cabrillo College name-change discourse. But in this case, might “Cabrilla” be the answer? The change is as minimalist as you can get, a single syllable, a single utterance. It’s a great idea. And it’ll never happen.
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UC, academic workers agree to private mediation as quarter closes
The University of California and the United Auto Workers agreed to private mediation on Friday to reach an agreement after a month of striking.
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UC faces tumultuous finals week as strike reaches pivotal moment
In its fourth week, the massive academic workers strike has led to canceled finals, delayed grades and growing angst among students across the University of California’s 10 campuses.
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UCSC academic workers focus on ‘long-haul strike’ as job action shifts to withholding grades, exams
As the quarter comes to a close, UC Santa Cruz union leaders say there are new opportunities to boost their leverage in the ongoing labor action as pressure mounts to provide grades and conduct research. They held a virtual meeting Tuesday night attended by 500 participants across the UC system.
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We asked you to vote on a new name for Cabrillo College; here are the results of our reader poll
Last month, Lookout asked readers to weigh in with suggestions for Cabrillo College’s new name — selecting either from a multiple-choice list of names or submitting ideas of their own. Here’s a sampling of the responses.
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With finals looming, UCSC students face unknowns as academic worker strike likely to continue through quarter
Though a Tuesday deal for University of California academic researchers and postdoctoral scholars marks progress on the bargaining front, undergraduates and professors alike still feel the weight of the largest academic worker action in history as UC Santa Cruz heads into final exam season.
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Fears rise that UC strike could have long-lasting consequences on vaunted research, teaching
The strike of 48,000 University of California workers could have long-lasting consequences to the system’s teaching and research excellence, some fear.
