California
UC chancellors will be paid about $900,000 at Davis and Irvine; a bit less at Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced; and nearly $1.2 million at San Francisco.
Sept. 20, 2024
UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons plans to ‘question the status quo’ as he takes the reins of one of the nation’s top public research universities.
Aug. 28, 2024
Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez will step down Nov. 2 amid faculty tensions, lawsuits and other controversies.
Aug. 6, 2024
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ is stepping down after seven years at the helm, offering provocative thoughts on enrollment growth, protests and other hot-button issues.
June 27, 2024
University of Miami President Julio Frenk, a Mexico-born global health expert, will be the first Latino to lead UCLA, having won UC regents’ unanimous approval.
June 12, 2024
The testimony — which will take place just over two months before Block steps down as chancellor — will be the first time the head of a California university addresses the House education committee.
May 22, 2024
Republicans questioned UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and the presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers university on the their handling of pro-Palestinian encampments, including UCLA “checkpoints” put up by protesters that prevented people they identified as Zionists from entering a camp.
May 23, 2024
UCLA chancellor Gene Block was interrogated by a congressional committee Thursday for his handling of a Palestinian solidarity encampment. Republicans and some Democrats used the hearing as a chance to score political points.
UCLA Academic Senate voted against censuring Chancellor Gene Block or saying it had ‘no confidence’ in his leadership
May 17, 2024
In the wake of a mob attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment, UCLA chancellor is facing faculty criticism, including a no-confidence vote to take place Thursday.
May 11, 2024