California
Feb. 20, 2026 11:49 a.m.
The UCLA Transfer Alliance Program’s website is pictured. Community colleges that are part of the TAP program boast high UCLA transfer admission rates, with some participating schools reaching an acceptance rate of more than 70% for TAP students. (Josephine Murphy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Red Darby never expected to be accepted to UCLA, especially as a transfer student coming from Columbia College. And not the Columbia in New York City, or the one in Chicago.
By Delilah Brumer
Campus
Feb. 18, 2026 6:54 p.m.This post was updated Feb. 18 at 11:38 p.m.
UCLA will no longer use a committee to evaluate student conduct decisions – except in specific cases – and will give students more time to appeal conduct decisions, according to new guidelines sent in a campuswide email Tuesday.
By Lauren Nguyen
Higher Education
Feb. 13, 2026 9:53 p.m.Trump administration drops appeal of order blocking $1.2 billion UCLA settlement
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:18 p.m.
The Trump administration on Friday dropped its appeal of a decision that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA.
By Josephine Murphy and Victor Simoes
Higher Education
Feb. 13, 2026 7:41 p.m.UC UAW units vote to vote to authorize unfair labor practice strike
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:24 p.m.
Editor’s note: This post was updated Feb. 14 at 9:37 p.m. to clarify that the vote impacts three bargaining units of the United Auto Workers.
By Josephine Murphy
Higher Education
Feb. 11, 2026 10:34 a.m.Unions hold strike authorization vote, urge UC stand up to Trump administration
Three unions representing about 40,000 UC academic and research employees began an unfair labor practice strike authorization vote Thursday.
The voting period for the three unions – United Auto Workers Local 4811, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Academic Professionals-UAW, who are currently in contract negotiations with the UC – is set to close Friday.
By Delilah Brumer
A Closer Look
Feb. 5, 2026 10:05 p.m.Academic Senate report finds UCLA generates $400 million annual budget deficit
UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual structural budget deficit, according to a Jan. 29 Academic Senate preliminary report.
The report – created by the Academic Senate’s Council on Planning and Budget – said data provided by UCLA administrators showed that the university is projected to run a combined $829.7 million deficit across the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years if it has not taken and does not take any corrective action.
By Natalia Mochernak
Academics
Feb. 3, 2026 10:55 p.m.UCLA professor discussed students, class with Jeffrey Epstein, DOJ documents show
Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. This article was updated Feb. 13 at 4:55 p.m.
By Phoebe Huss
Higher Education
Jan. 27, 2026 7:01 p.m.UC launches student survey on discrimination mandated by federal agreement
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:08 p.m.
The UC is asking students to complete a survey about their perceptions of on-campus discrimination and harassment, as mandated by the University’s 2024 agreement with the federal government to resolve civil rights investigations.
By Delilah Brumer
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