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UC freezes undergraduate tuition for Calif. students

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Jessica Velasco

After the UC Regents approved a five percent tuition increases every year for the next five years, it was announced today there is a tuition freeze for two years for resident undergraduate students.

Category: News Tags: California, Paying for College, Tuition, tuition hikes, UC, University of California

2015 Bay Area commencement speakers

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Jessica Velasco

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Bay Area colleges and universities have announced their 2015 commencement speakers. Here are some of the more noteworthy speakers.

Category: News Tags: Chris Matthews, class of 2015, College Commencement, College Graduation, commencement, commencement 2015, commencement speaker, Gavin Newsom, graduation, graduation 2015, Jackie Speier, Libby Schaaf, Mihael Weatherly, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Engle, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Stanford, UC Berkeley

Calif. lawmaker proposes new UC campus specializing in ‘STEAM’

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Jessica Velasco

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California Assemblymember Mike Gatto has proposed legislation that would start the process to create a new University of California campus comparable to Caltech. The campus would focus on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM).

Category: News Tags: Assemblymember Mike Gatto, California, California legislature, higher education, UC, UC Tech, University of California