March 18, 2013
California's community college districts spend tens of millions of dollars on administrative positions that could be consolidated or shared by districts a short drive away, even as budget shortfalls have forced reductions in core academic functions.
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July 26, 2012
Professor is first in U.S. to be charged with a felony in a worker's death. UC regents settlement in criminal case.
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March 14, 2012
California has slashed public university budgets, yet construction is booming at the University of California system, which has $8.9 billion in projects under way.
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July 31, 2010
The Los Angeles Community College District has awarded a series of multimillion-dollar contracts to a Tarzana-based firm that district officials said needed to be babysat to meet construction standards and was doing an “absolutely awful job.”
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March 18, 2010
Nearly 180 buildings on public university campuses pose a threat to students, faculty and staff in the event of a major earthquake. You might think the buildings would all be top priorities to fix. But you’d be wrong.
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