Cal Grant

While the Cal Grant is considered a need-based form of financial aid, GPA requirements act as barriers to a seemingly scholarship-esque opportunity.

In a set of Wednesday meetings that began with a full public commentary session, the UC regents reviewed incoming budget updates, heard comments on development projects and assessed academic equity.

Financial aid letters with simplified language and modified content can encourage high school students to complete a key step in the financial aid process, according to a study released this month from the California Policy Lab and The People Lab at UC Berkeley.

It is our responsibility as current students to ensure that the UC system is accessible for future generations, because past UC students did it for us.

Following considerable deliberation, California state legislators approved a $262.6 billion budget proposal Monday, compromising with Gov. Gavin Newsom on key topics such as economic stimulus, homelessness and higher education.

In a conversation hosted by the Public Policy Institute of California, UC President Michael Drake spoke Friday about the priorities and challenges that the University of California will aim to address in the upcoming future.

To kick off this week’s virtual meetings, the UC Board of Regents approved a pension asset allocation proposal and discussed how to support basic needs on campuses and create sustainable and diverse investment partnerships Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Tuesday that addresses multiple groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the 2020-21 California budget proposal is released in January, the UC Board of Regents will vote on a flat-rate tuition model that has already garnered much criticism.

The Student Expenses and Resource Survey, or SEARS, from the California Student Aid Commission, or CSAC, reported that 64 percent of students enrolled in California colleges cite “cost of college” or “balancing school and work responsibilities” as obstacles to their success.