Department of Education offers new guidance on using American Rescue Plan and other ESSER funds to upgrade campus ventilation systems to block COVID.

"We all acknowledge that increasing tuition is not an action to be taken lightly. But this is the best option we have to provide cost predictability, enhanced student support, and preserve the excellence of the university," said UC President Michael Drake.

Critics have claimed holistic admissions and affirmative action conceals illegal practices of racial quotas and as a result, Asian American applicants are being denied to maintain a range of other ethnic groups.

The university is also providing a tuition assist this fall.