Education

Applications for admission to UC Riverside are up nearly 10 percent compared with last year, similar to an increase that is happening across the UC system. Riverside’s 9.8 percent increase was ahead of the 5.8 percent average increase at the rest of the UC campuses, with only UC Merced and …

More than 790,000 applications have been submitted to California State University schools for the fall 2015 semester. That’s the most applications ever received by the 23-campus system, and nearly 30,000 more than were received one year ago, according to a statement posted last Thursday on the system’s website. All of …

Despite vehement protest from some students, the University of California Board of Regents on Thursday voted to raise tuition. The 14-7 vote could mean tuition in the UC system will go up as five percent in each of the next five years, according to published reports. The vote is a …

Because November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, this is an ideal time to address the signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia, which are typically first noted by loved ones of the person who exhibits them. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are 10 signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia to look for: …

Despite strong criticism from high places, University of California President Janet Napolitano is standing by her proposal to raise tuition at UC schools. Napolitano wants to raise tuition up to five percent in each of the next five years, a move that has been criticized by Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. …

The cost of going to school in the University of California system might become more expensive. Tuition at the state’s 10 UC campuses would go as much as five percent during each of the next five years under a plan being proposed by UC President Janet Napolitano, according to multiple …