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May 21, 2012

Regents call on lawmakers to re-invest in higher education

The University of California Board of Regents, meeting in Sacramento May 16 for the first time since 1993, discussed the university’s budget and their legislative advocacy efforts aimed at making public higher education a state funding priority.

Regents, students and other UC supporters have spent much of the week meeting with state lawmakers and asking them to support a multi-year funding plan that would provide UC with modest but predictable increases in funding, including sufficient revenue to avoid a tuition increase in the fall.

Read the rest of Carolyn McMillan’s story in UC Newsroom.

May 21, 2012

Higher ed chiefs join forces for state budget advocacy

University of California President Mark G. Yudof teamed up with the leaders of California’s public colleges and universities May 1 to deliver a strong message to state lawmakers: Energize the state’s economy by reinvesting in higher education.

Read the rest of Donna Hemmila’s story at UC Newsroom.



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