Summary: The University of California (UC) prides itself on being a world-class public research university. The success of the UC graduate student population, which generates and performs a good deal of this research work, is vital to UC meeting its mission statement. Despite the rank of many UC campuses among top national research universities, many barriers prevent the successful completion of postgraduate degrees. The following report highlights some of the major barriers to graduate student completion.
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Activities Based Costing in the University of California
Summary: Higher education institutions must report costs by function. The functional categories have a common definition across the higher education industry and include broad categories such as instruction, research, and student services. Although accounting systems are set up to broadly categorize costs, institutions rarely assign costs to activities that comprise the function or break down the function into smaller units within the institution to allow internal decision makers to easily see how resources are used. As an example, spending on instruction is reported as a whole, by departments. Activities Based Costing provides a method for allocating resources more efficiently, and can help colleges determine the best way to meet their goals around student success by monitoring the use of resources in particular activities.
Submission Page – Graduate Policy Journal
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Press Releases
UCSA Students Respond to 2016-17 Budget Heard by UC Board of Regents (November 2015)
UCSA Student Conference Motivates Demonstration for UC Workers’ Rights (November 2015)
UCSA President’s Statement SB 376 (September 2015)
UCSA Announces Plan for #HowAreYou: A Call to Reform Student Mental Health Services (September 2015)
UCSA Announces “#Let’sTalk” Campaign, Leadership for 2015-16 Academic Year (August 2015)
UCSA President Responds to July 2015 Board of Regents Meeting (July 2015)
UCSA Responds to 2015-16 State Budget Deal (June 2015)
UCSA Statement on Student Regent Nominee (June 2015)
UCSA Calls for Committee of Two to Meet (April 2015)
UCSA Response to Napolitano remark (March 2015)
UCSA Statement on Summer Tuition Walkback (February 2015)
UCSA Statement on Divestment Vote (January 2015)
UCSA Responds to Governor Brown’s Proposed State Budget (January 2015)
UCSA Statement Regarding UC Tuition Plan and Alternative Funding Proposals (December 2014)
UCSA Optimistic About New Regent Appointments (December 2014)
UCSA Rejects New UC Tuition Plan (November 2014)
UCSA Statement on Tuition Plan (November 2014)
UCSA Statement Regarding Appointment of UC Student Regent-Designate (July 2014)
UCSA Calls for UC Regents to Postpone Confirmation of Student Regent Designate Nominee (July 2014)
UCSA Stands in Solidarity with Students of UC Santa Barbara (June 2014)
UCSA Supports Need for Sexual Assault Prevention on UC Campuses (March 2014)
UCSA Calls for a New Master Plan for Higher Education (February 2014)
UCSA Urges Governor Brown to Reform UC Regent Selection Criteria (January 2014)
UCSA Continues to Advocate for Increased State Funding (January 2014)
UCSA Commends Assembly Democrats’ 2014-2015 Blueprint Budget Plan (December 2013)
UCSA Annual Student of Color Conference Celebrates its 25th Anniversary (November 2013)
UCSA Acknowledges President Napolitano’s Start of Term with Mixed Reactions (October 2013)
In The News
Op-Ed: The Daily Californian
Increased enrollment necessitates increased attention, funding (December 4, 2015)
UCSD Guardian; Daily Bruin
UCSA proposes opt-out fee (November 2015)
SFGate; San Jose Mercury News; The Daily Californian
UC regents approves plan to add 10,000 new students (November 19, 2015)
TIME; The Bottom Line; The Daily Californian; Santa Cruz Independent Media Center
Student Protesters Nationwide Demand Free Tuition, $15 Minimum Wage, No Student Debt (November 12, 2015)
The California Aggie
The UC celebrates 27th annual Students of Color Conference (November 10, 2015)
The Daily Californian
UC Student Association finalizes plan for Million Student March (November 9, 2015)
The Daily Californian; Daily Bruin
UCSA Students of Color Conference holds march at UC Berkeley (November 2015)
The Orange County Register
Required reading: faculty’s pricey textbooks (November 8, 2015)
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UC Students & Cal Fresh Eligibility
Summary: According to the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA) Postsecondary enrollment patterns show that college students increasingly do not fit the perception of the typical college student (18-22 years old with support from home). What has long been termed the “non-traditional” student is becoming the typical college student. Many students are supporting families and working full-time while attending college. These students are often food insecure, or one missed paycheck away from being food insecure. This report details eligibility for Cal Fresh programs for these students and how to apply.
