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Higher Education

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Occupy Refuses to Leave UC Berkeley Farm, University Officials to "Take Action"

    University officials gave Berkeley's latest crop of protesters until Saturday to vacate the vacant tract of land the group had occupied last month, which they've used as an urban farm.On Friday, Berkeley officials issued a stern warning to the Occupy the Farm, demanding the group leave the 10-acre A ... More >>

  • Film

    April 25, 2012

    "The Five-Year Engagement": Trivial Fare Offers Flashes of Honesty

    University officials gave Berkeley's latest crop of protesters until Saturday to vacate the vacant tract of land the group had occupied last month, which they've used as an urban farm.On Friday, Berkeley officials issued a stern warning to the Occupy the Farm, demanding the group leave the 10-acre A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    UC Berkeley Zeta Phi Beta Pledge Accuses Sorority Sisters of Beating, Hazing Her

    ​A former UC Berkeley student and Zeta Phi Beta pledge quickly discovered that her sorority dues just weren't paying off. Britteny Starling is suing her sorority sisters for allegedly hazing her so badly she was forced to drop out of school and take medical leave. According to a lawsuit filed in O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Community College Students Discouraged From Repeating Classes

    Maybe now the third time will be the charm ​The California Community Colleges Board of Governors has decided to limit the number of times a student can retake a class on the state's dime.Turns out, it is not unusual for students to take one class six or seven times for a variety of reasons. In 200 ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2011

    California Culinary Academy Settles Lawsuit With Students for Millions

    Maybe now the third time will be the charm ​The California Community Colleges Board of Governors has decided to limit the number of times a student can retake a class on the state's dime.Turns out, it is not unusual for students to take one class six or seven times for a variety of reasons. In 200 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    UC Regents Challenged: Women Demand Student Rep Jesse Cheng Be Removed

    At the center of women's ire​Last week, the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct ruled that Jesse Cheng, the student rep on the UC Board of Regents, had engaged in "unwanted touching" of his ex-girlfriend, an offense that's classified as sexual battery.Cheng, who is set to graduate from UC Irvine i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    Wronging the Rights

    At the center of women's ire​Last week, the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct ruled that Jesse Cheng, the student rep on the UC Board of Regents, had engaged in "unwanted touching" of his ex-girlfriend, an offense that's classified as sexual battery.Cheng, who is set to graduate from UC Irvine i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Elite College Hoaxer Showdown: Stanford Vs. Harvard

    ​News this week of Adam Wheeler, the 23-year-old who lied his way into Harvard and almost into Yale, brought back fond memories of Azia Kim, the dorm-squatter who was discovered posing as a Stanford student two years ago. We have to ask: Who's the better college hoaxer? TV movie-ready back st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    John Yoo Protests Planned For Berkeley Law School Graduation

    Torture? Or graduation night beer-funneling?​Protesters are planning to attend graduation ceremonies this Friday at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law to voice their displeasure at the continued presence of Bush Administration torturer's apprentice John Yoo on the law school's faculty.In a pre ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2010

    The Poor News Bears

    City College budget cuts complicate Hollywood ending for student bioengineers.

  • News

    September 30, 2009

    Stimulus Wreckage

    Despite having been accused of deceptive business practices by the attorney general, former students, and ex-employees, Corinthian Colleges are getting millions in federal stimulus dollars.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Republican Senator Wades Into UCSF Financial Morass; Echoes Complaints of Fired Dean Profiled By SF Weekly

    Dr. David KesslerOur paper's regular readers may recall a gem penned in April of last year by Ron Russell, in which he profiled Dr. David Kessler, the former dean of U.C. San Francisco Medical School ousted after years of complaining about "alleged financial malfeasance at the institution he was hir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Survey: U.C. San Francisco Raked In $366 Million in Fiscal '08

    Show your support with a shirt -- or, say, $366 millionThe best way to get rich: Be rich. A survey released this week by the Council for Aid to Education ranked the Top-20 fund-raising universities in the realm, and our local schools did us proud. Stanford and U.C. Berkeley bookended the list: The P ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2008

    Whistleblower

    By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Authorities Not Impressed By DA's Totally Bitchin' PC

    By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Sausage party slow-jam

    By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

  • News

    August 15, 2007

    New College of Weirdness

    The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Embattled New College President Resigns

    The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    LastNight: Feist at the Fillmore

    The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Blood, sweat, tears and newsprint -- remembering Berkeley doctoral students Giulia Adesso, Benjamin Boussert and Jason Choy

    The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

  • Dining

    June 6, 2007

    Burnt Chefs

    Former admissions representatives at CCA say they preyed on students’ dreams of becoming celebrity chefs and glossed over the painful economic realities of the industry

  • News

    March 7, 2007

    Free Trade (in Doctors)

    If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors

  • Culture

    February 14, 2007

    Pink Power

    This musical stage adaptation of the movie, like, totally rocks

  • News

    June 7, 2006

    No Administrator Left Behind

    The University of California system is embroiled in a scandal over perks and compensation for some of its highest-paid employees. Are they worth it? Find out where you stand!

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    Student of Concern

    Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    Angry Talk Radio Callers -- Unite!

    Inside the Patriot Defenders Network, which is busy supporting our veterans, troops, and families, and respecting God, country, flag, and president

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Learning to Compete

    Executives involved in outsourcing U.S. jobs should also become involved in sponsoring CA schools

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Common Cents

    The Chronicle should stop the dubious "news stories" and openly rail against a sales tax hike that hurts its major advertisers -- and slaughters the poor

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    The Rush of Victory

    Under coach George Rush, City College regularly wins national football titles. But is community college really the place for big-time sports?

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Misplaced Priorities 101

    Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Legal Precedent

    A transgender Stanford grad and his colleague are set to open the first-ever law center for transgender issues

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Missed Interpretation

    Deaf students wonder why officials at UC Berkeley and UC Davis won't hear their plea for equal access to education

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    Divided Loyalties

    Forced to choose between native ties and the American Dream, Filipinos like S.F. court clerk Rene Pascual are fighting for dual citizenship

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    The Inimitable Luke Brugnara on...

    Luke Brugnara's quotable quotes about Willie Brown, his wealth, and the failings of higher education.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Degree That Might Not Impress Prospective Employers

    Tequila Ph.D. From Tommy's Mexican Restaurant

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    South to the Future

    Harvard Students, Citing Record Endowment Revenue, Seek to Abolish Tuition Fees

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Inside the Big Floop

    Threatening Mount Zion means curtains for the clowns who have mismanaged the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Military Might

    Stanford activists in fight against laws forcing campuses to accept recruiters

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    The Illusion of Roe V. Wade

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    Three Hours on a Saturday Morning

    UC may drop the flawed SAT as an admission requirement. But are the other options any better?

  • News

    November 12, 1997

    Let's Make Appeal

    UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    Practice What You Teach

    UCSF students wish the medical school would tend to their health

  • News

    September 10, 1997

    Giving Away the Hospital

    University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

  • News

    June 18, 1997

    UCSF's Mad Money

    The Stanford-UCSF merger's tab -- including a "pro bono" review that cost $191,490 -- is running into the millions

  • Calendar

    April 9, 1997

    Slap Shots

    The Stanford-UCSF merger's tab -- including a "pro bono" review that cost $191,490 -- is running into the millions

  • News

    March 19, 1997

    Temperature Rising

    The UCSF-Stanford merger goes under a (symbolic) gun

  • News

    January 29, 1997

    Pinstriped Medicine

    How the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger foreshadows the new -- and sometimes frightening -- world of health care

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    Mulch

    How the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger foreshadows the new -- and sometimes frightening -- world of health care

  • News

    May 1, 1996

    In Sickness and in Wealth

    It's merge or be merged out for teaching hospitals like Stanford's and UCSF's

  • Calendar

    March 13, 1996

    Slap Shots

    It's merge or be merged out for teaching hospitals like Stanford's and UCSF's

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