If the past 20 years are any indication, the union representing California’s prison guards stands to receive a sizeable portion of the revised state budget proposal being released Thursday. Read more...

While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and officials from the University of California and California State University systems were hammering out an agreement on funding levels for the state’s public universities, many state legislators who were not consulted are up in arms over being kept out of the loop.  Many state legislators, including members of the state Assembly and Senate, were outraged by both the terms of the deal struck between the governor and UC and CSU, as well the fact that they were not given input in the process. Read more...

Since January, the University of California Student Association has been working with students to lobby for changes in several of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal measures on higher education . Read more...

Should Shapiro go to Harvard? Congratulations to the Daily Bruin on exposing Ben Shapiro’s practices (“Book misconstrues facts,” News, May 11). I am surprised to hear Shapiro is planning to attend Harvard Law School. Read more...

Seeking to minimize the pain of university budget cuts and fee increases, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the University of California announced a lame compromise Tuesday, one that falls far short of its supposed goals. Read more...

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