Janet Napolitano
UC is handing out generous pensions, and students are paying the price with higher tuition
As parents and students start writing checks for the first in-state tuition hike in seven years at the University of California, they hope the extra money will buy a better education.
But a big chunk of that new money — perhaps tens of millions of dollars — will go to pay for the faculty’s increasingly generous retirements.
Last year, more than 5,400 UC retirees received pensions over $100,000. Someone without a pension would need savings between $2 million and $3 million to guarantee a similar income in retirement.
The number of UC retirees collecting six-figure pensions has increased 60% since 2012, a Times analysis of university data shows. Nearly...
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UC is handing out generous pensions, and students are paying the price with higher tuition
As parents and students start writing checks for the first in-state tuition hike in seven years at the University of California, they hope the extra money will buy a better education.
But a big chunk of that new money — perhaps tens of millions of...
Six 'Dreamers' sue Trump to block repeal of DACA
Six California beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program sued the Trump administration Monday for rescinding protections for young immigrants without legal status.
In the 46-page suit filed in U.S. District Court in San...
The UC and state government lawsuits against Trump for ending DACA are a waste of taxpayer money
To the editor: I read of University of California President Janet Napolitano’s ill-considered federal lawsuit — filed with public funds and with no mention of the cost or the benefit of this suit to the UC system or to California — against the president’s...
UC regents to examine UC Irvine's rescission fiasco, impact of another possible tuition increase
University of California regents, meeting this week in San Diego, will take a good look at campus policies for rescinding admission offers, prompted by the recent debacle after UC Irvine abruptly canceled nearly 500 acceptances this summer.
The...
UC sues Trump administration for shutting down DACA, which UC's president helped create
The University of California sued the Trump administration Friday for rescinding protections for immigrant students without legal status, saying the action unconstitutionally violates their rights on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.”
The...
Janet Napolitano: Why I'm suing the Trump administration over DACA
As secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, a little more than five years ago I signed the directive that created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. On Tuesday, President Trump ended DACA on little more than a whim. On Friday, in...
Trump tells Congress to resolve fate of 'Dreamers' as he phases out their protections from deportation
President Trump on Tuesday took action to strip away protections from deportation for roughly 800,000 people brought into the country illegally as children, giving Congress six months to write a law to resolve their plight.
Trump’s long-awaited...
California educational leaders vow to protect immigrant students from deportation
Within minutes of the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would end protections for nearly 800,000 young immigrants in the country without legal status, California campus leaders began a furious pushback.
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Among 'Dreamers,' dismay and anger over Trump's decision: 'He just rips it all away'
Karla Estrada expected the news that the federal program that has shielded her from deportation to Mexico for much of her life was in danger. But hearing it still hurt.
The 26-year-old Los Angeles paralegal assistant, one of America’s 800,000-strong...
Essential Politics: Trump's Phoenix fury, and now on to Reno
It was the burning question among political observers: Would there be a noticeable shift in the tone and tenor of President Trump from Monday’s closely watched speech on Afghanistan to Tuesday’s campaign-style rally in Phoenix?
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In wake of critical audit, UC regents take a close look at president's budget
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UC regents meeting disrupted by protests over state audit finding of undisclosed surplus
A stinging state audit of University of California budget operations cast a long shadow over a UC regents meeting Wednesday, as students and union members chastised officials for raising tuition while squirreling away millions.
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UC regents to tackle hot-button issues of state audit and nonresident enrollment
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Big changes are needed at UC — starting with the Kool-Aid-drinking Board of Regents
Even the most devoted Old Blue, Bruin alumnus or Santa Cruz Banana Slug must be cringing at what the state auditor reported about University of California fiscal failures.
Veteran State Auditor Elaine Howle essentially found that UC has been...