UC Regents meeting in UCLA to discuss multiracial box, fee hikes

The Regents of the University of California are meeting this Wednesday (11/17) and Thursday (11/18) at UCLA to discuss several key issues including:

-A multiracial box on the UC application (see Daily Cal article and opinion)

-An addition of $457 or 8 percent onto undergraduate fees and an additional $628 or 10 percent onto graduate fees. (see Oakland Tribune article)

-A presentation on minority outreach programs sponsored by the UC system

-How Proposition 71, the new stem cell initiative will affect the schools (especially with Chancellor Birgeneau named to the proposition's oversight committee)

-More on what the university plans for the three Department of Energy labs it runs

The meeting's agenda and links to web broadcasts can be found here.Email This Post!