A UC Berkeley professor has called for an independent investigation of university compensation deals in response to brewing concerns about perks and bonuses for some top administrators. Read more...

The members of the search committee to find UCLA’s next chancellor will be named today, University of California officials said. Nearly three months ago, Chancellor Albert Carnesale announced his plans to step down as chancellor on June 30, 2006. Read more...

The senate proposal, which would change the structure of undergraduate student government and reorganize the responsibilities of its elected officers, has been listed as an action item for the Undergraduate Students Association Council and could be voted on as early as tonight. Read more...

The operators of a UC Berkeley Web site on evolution are being sued by a California couple that believes the site’s treatment of religion violates separation of church and state. Read more...

The competition to win the management contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory will last a bit longer than expected, as the Department of Energy announced last week it would not reach a decision by its Dec. Read more...

This January, students returning to New Orleans universities after spending the fall semester at other schools will not find the same campuses they left when Hurricane Katrina hit the city in late August. Read more...

Students will have to dig deeper into their savings and search for more loan and scholarship options to pay for college after a recent vote in the U.S. Read more...