The University of California is weighing a limited tuition increase for fall 2022, saying it will help raise more financial aid and stabilize campuses, but student leaders are adamantly opposed.
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They’re going for it: Cabrillo College reinstates football with promise of more oversight, local players
An internal report found soaring rates of out-of-area recruitment had led to housing and food insecurity for athletes, as well as subpar transfer and academic completion rates. But with those findings came an outpouring of support for Seahawks football as former athletes spoke glowingly of the doors it had opened and positive impacts to their personal and professional lives.
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International students heading to California colleges navigate vaccine, visa hurdles
More California colleges are planning to require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations. For international students, that often means only vaccines approved by the World Health Organization will be accepted, even though not all students have access to those.
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‘I do expect something unexpected’: Two UCSC scientists set to join NASA mission in Korea
Associate researcher Mikhail Kreslavsky and professor Ian Garrick-Bethell have been selected as two of nine scientists to join the upcoming Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission.
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Pioneering UCSC faculty member William T. Doyle dies at 91
Doyle was among the founding faculty members of UC Santa Cruz when the campus opened in 1965 and was largely responsible for the establishment of Long Marine Laboratory.
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Outdoor study space a ‘first step’ for return of students to Cabrillo College’s campus in Watsonville
Cabrillo College’s Watsonville Center has been closed since March 2020. Now, lured by fast WiFi and free printing, students are returning to study there in a sign of a wider reopening that’s hopefully to come.
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Cal State and UC systems, UC Santa Cruz included, plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations in fall
The directive is the largest of its kind in U.S. higher education and would likely take effect this fall after the FDA formally approves the vaccines.
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What to know about UCSC’s plans for a mostly in-person fall
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Will football return to Cabrillo College? Decision on program’s future draws near
A year after the community college suspended its football program following violations, trustees are set to decide in May whether to bring the Seahawks back to the field.
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In an unusual admissions year, California’s selective universities more closely evaluate students
And saw a record number of diverse applicants without requiring SAT or ACT scores for admittance