UC Faculty Rejects Scholarship Program
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University of California faculty leaders voted 17 to 0 Wednesday to end participation in the National Merit Scholarship program.
The vote is a nonbinding advisory measure. The issue will be decided as soon as next month by the chancellors of the six UC undergraduate campuses participating in the program. Among them are UCLA, UC Irvine and UC San Diego.
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