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Social Media's Expanding Role in College Admissions
By Elizabeth Schiffman - Politics DailyWhy did a recent Facebook virus requiring users to join a group (and, in doing so, contract a spamming bug) have such devastating success? The promise to reveal "the status update that got a highschool [sic] student REJECTED from Harvard!" must have struck a chord. Though the page was a hoax, the response it earned reflects a growing apprehension about the increasing significance of social media in the college application and decision-making process. Establishing a presence on Facebook is a smart recruitment move for colleges, since the site's 350 million members, many of whom are in their ...
Students Rally Against Cuts at Campuses Across US
By not in system - AOL NewsBERKELEY, Calif. (March 5) -- Anger over rising tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California. Students, teachers, parents and school employees rallied and marched at college campuses, public parks and government buildings in several U.S. cities Thursday in what was called the March 4 Day of Action to Defend Public Education. In Oakland, protesters evaded police and walked onto Interstate 880 near downtown Oakland just before 5 p.m., forcing the ...
Scholastic Smackdown: Academics Vs. Sports in California Funding Tilt
By Frances Tobin - Politics DailyIn this economy, a job is a job is a job . . . but I wouldn't wish a position at the University of California-Berkeley's Office of Public Affairs on my worst enemy. Of course I say this in jest, but, in all sincerity, times are tough at UC Berkeley (and that's putting it mildly). The UC Office of Public Affairs, which declares its mission as "enhanc[ing] communications and relationships with UC Berkeley's many constituents," is lately tasked with handling a series of escalating events, including budget cuts and nationally covered student protests, that don't seem to have a P.R.-spin-worthy ...
To California Student Protesters: Why Target the Regents?
By Andrew Clark - Politics DailyI have to ask: what, exactly, is the goal of the various University of California student protest movements and their vocal campaigns criticizing the regents' decision to hike tuition? It's true the UC system has been one of the biggest victims in California's budget nightmare. As a result of a $26-billion budget shortfall, the Democrats in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted what the University of California has called "unprecedented state budget cuts of $814 million in 2008-09 and $637 million in 2009-10." It's also true that students have been ...
Drastic Tuition Increase Roils California Campuses
By Richard C. Paddock - AOL NewsBERKELEY (Nov. 20) -- The well-regarded University of California, facing sharp cuts in public funding, has enacted one of the steepest fee increases in its history, jeopardizing its ability to provide a first-class education and setting off a wave of dramatic student protests. The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to impose the largest dollar increase ever in student fees, a hike of more than $2,500 over the next year. That comes on top of a $662 fee increase imposed earlier this year. All told, they amount to a 42 percent jump in fees over two years. Fees are the system's equivalent of ...
Thousands in California Protest Campus Cuts, Furloughs
By Frances Tobin - Politics DailyThousands of University of California students, faculty members, and employees rallied statewide Thursday to voice their concern about President Mark Yudof's and the regents' handling of the budget crisis (prior Cram coverage here).The walkout, scheduled on the day that most UC schools started their fall quarter, was intended to highlight the faculty's growing frustration over being forced to take furlough days outside of their regular teaching schedule. Participants also protested proposed budget cuts paired with tuition increases that would effectively increase undergraduate students' ...
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