2012-01-27 Photos by Ernie Granillo/UCOP UC President Mark Yudof addresses student affairs staff members during training in restorative justice. >> President Yudof’s remarks By Harry Mok A residence hall fire alarm is pulled as a drunken prank in the middle of the night. A fellow resident, who happens to be gay, witnesses it and confronts the culprit as the building is evacuated. In...

Job searching within the University of California system just got easier with the launch of this new site! http://jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu

(01-20) 17:17 PST SAN FRANCISCO — Unlike the other nine campuses of the University of California, UCSF enrolls no undergraduates, offers no world history classes and gets so much money from government grants that it barely depends on the tuition its students pay to attend the medical school on a windy San Francisco hill. Yet UCSF is attached like Velcro to the other campuses, required to spend millions...

CCPA has two new open positions available on the Leadership Team: Director of Diversity Affairs and Website Coordinator. If you’re looking to expand your professional development or get more involved in state-related activities for student affairs/higher education professionals, please consider submitting your interest. Interested members can complete the online form which must be submitted no later than...

Elections for ACPA Governing Board members is now open. Please take a moment to cast your vote for the future leadership of ACPA at the ACPA elections page: http://www2.myacpa.org/2012-slate/ Elections close on January 24, 2012

The University of San Francisco is a private Jesuit University whose aim is to provide a rigorous, world-class education to a new generation of leaders who will work to create a more humane and just world. USF is in the geographical center of San Francisco. Our students benefit from the city, and its’ great diversity of race, class, and income level. There is no better place in the world to pursue graduate...

By Victoria Irwin Fall 2012 undergraduate applications to the University of California reached a record high for the eighth consecutive year, according to data released today (Jan. 12). The university received 160,939 submissions from prospective students, an overall increase of 13.2 percent over last year. All nine undergraduate campuses saw gains, from 5.3 percent at Davis to 12.7 percent at Los Angeles. While...

It’s the new year and hopefully you’ve had a chance to reflect on the year ahead. If you’re interested in expanding or continuing your professional development, here’s a listing of annual conferences taking place during 2012. Please post any other conferences that you know of as you hear of them. The Association of American Colleges and Universities Jan 25-28 Washington, DC www.aacu.org The Association for...

Students and some faculty members say the UC system is being run as a private bureaucracy, with executive compensation levels to match. By SCOTT MARTINDALE / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Over the past few months, the University of California has raised undergraduate tuition by 18 percent, awarded raises of as much as 23 percent to a dozen high-ranking administrators and announced a possible 81 percent tuition...