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May 20, 2019

Berkeley Blog

UC Needs to Rethink Tuition and Innovate

In their most recent meeting in San Francisco, the UC Regents approved a 2.6 percent increase in tuition for nonresident students, but left in-state undergraduate tuition steady. UC is still struggling to make-up for the huge cuts in state financing that came on the heels of the Great Recession. But why increase only nonresident tuition, and not something similar and predictable for California residents?

May 9, 2019

Building a Hispanic Serving Institution with Clark Kerr Lecture Speaker Diana Natalicio

What the UC Can Learn From the University of Texas at El Paso in Becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution

The Center for Studies in Higher Education is pleased to announce this year’s Clark Kerr Lecturer and Clark Kerr Award recipient, President Diana Natalicio of the University of Texas at El Paso.

May 1, 2019

Applications Now Open for David P. Gardner Research Seminar on Higher Education

Graduate students writing dissertations focusing on higher education are invited to apply for membership in a research seminar, co-sponsored by the Social Science MATRIX, to be held in 2019-20. The seminar will enable students to meet and work with colleagues in other disciplines and departments.

March 22, 2019

PNAS

Computer science skills across China, India, Russia, and the United States

February 15, 2019

University World News

Harvard and the Fate of Affirmative Action

Ever since the United States Supreme Court’s 1978 Regents of the University of California v Bakke decision, the appropriate role of race and ethnicity in admissions to highly selective American universities has been the focus of a succession of legal challenges. The list is long. Those that have reached the Supreme Court include Hopwood v Texas (1996), Grutter v Bollinger (2003) and most recently Fisher v University of Texas (2016).

December 11, 2018

Exploring Smart Growth for Higher Education in the Mediterranean

Higher education systems and leading universities in Northern Cyprus, Turkey and more generally the Mediterranean region, are undergoing significant enrollment and program growth. This poses challenges for coordination of the growing number of Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s). At the same time, universities are expected by lawmakers and other stakeholders to provide an expanding array of activities, and ministries are seeking for evidence of productivity gains. HEIs operate in local, national, regional, and global contexts.

November 16, 2018

CSHE Appoints New SERU Consortium Director and Senior Researcher

The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) is delighted to announce that Dr. Igor Chirikov has been appointed as the Center’s Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium Director and Senior Researcher. His first day at UC Berkeley will be December 10, 2018.

November 6, 2018

CSHE Organizes First gradSERU Symposium

With funding support from the Volkswagen Foundation, the first gradSERU Research Symposium was held on October 4-5, 2018 in Hannover, Germany.

October 16, 2018

University Of California Book Now Available With Permanent Web Links

Former CSHE Director C. Judson King’s book, The University of California: Creating, Nurturing, and Maintaining Academic Quality in a Public University Setting, is now available in a second printing. This book, published by CSHE, reviews and analyzes the reasons behind the academic success of the ten-campus University of California. The intended audience includes those interested in the history and workings of that university, seeking insights on developing new universities or university systems, and/or interested in research universities in general.

September 27, 2018

The Effect of Selective Public Research University Enrollment: Evidence from California

What are the benefits and costs of attending a selective public research university instead of a less-selective university or college?

August 24, 2018

Call For Nominations - Center for Studies in Higher Education Director Search 2018

The Center for Studies in Higher Education is seeking a new faculty Director effective no later than July 1, 2019. We invite nominations of tenured Berkeley faculty members (who may be emeritus) -- who are highly qualified and willing to serve as a leader in both research and administrative functions for the Center.

August 20, 2018

Growing Pains: The Future of UC’s Funding Model Without major new funding streams, the system cannot grow with California’s population and economic needs

July 2, 2018

Tuition as a Path for Affordability? The Pursuit of a Progressive Tuition Model at the University of California

In an environment of declining public funding and rising tuition rates, many public universities in the US are moving toward a “progressive tuition model” that attempts to invest approximately one-third of tuition income into institutional financial aid for lower-income and middle-class students. The objective is to mitigate the cost of rising tuition and keep college affordable. But is this model as currently formulated working?

June 27, 2018

Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) Coming in July 9 - 13: Award Presentation: Extraordinary Dedication in Higher Education Award Recipient Sharon Diaz Recognized for 45 Years of Leadership

Sharon Clark Diaz