The University of California’s board of regents is creating a new task force to explore strategies for expanding enrollment at the system’s 10 campuses, said Cecilia Estolano, chair of the board, ...

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UC Berkeley could be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class of freshmen and transfer students by one-third, or 3,050 seats, under a court order to halt growth. (David Butow / For The Times) UC ...

A federal lawsuit accuses the University of California of illegally considering race when accepting new students, alleging that the system's long-term growth of Black and Latino enrollment would not ...

BERKELEY (KPIX 5) -- Thousands of prospective UC Berkeley students have found out their chance of admission might be greatly decreased thanks to an ongoing battle between the university and the ...

UC Berkeley will be able to enroll almost all the roughly 9,200 students it planned for this coming academic year, even though the California Supreme Court Thursday refused to strike down a lower ...

California legislators are fast-tracking a rescue effort to help UC Berkeley avoid slashing its in-person fall class by more than 2,600 students to meet a court-ordered enrollment freeze, just as the ...

The California Supreme Court on Thursday declined to lift an enrollment cap on UC Berkeley, forcing one of the nation’s most popular campuses to scramble for ways to avoid what it initially feared ...

Earlier versions of this story included outdated enrollment impact estimates, which were supplied by UC Berkeley officials. Our story has been updated to reflect revised numbers from UC Berkeley, ...

Barring a legislative Hail Mary, UC Berkeley will have to turn away 3,000 new students this fall after the California Supreme Court refused to strike down a lower court’s order that the university cut ...