The University’s revenues are increasingly falling short of its operating expenses, the UC Board of Regents said at its meeting Wednesday.
The regents’ Finance and Capital Strategies Committee heard presentations on the UC’s budget and updates on the UCLA West Valley Medical Center and UCLA Research Park projects during its Tuesday and Wednesday meetings at UCLA.

Faculty, students and parents urged the UC Board of Regents to reverse the closure of UCLA’s childcare centers during the regents’ meetings Monday to Wednesday.
The Early Care and Education program, which includes the Krieger and University Village centers, will close in June 2027 because of budget constraints, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced in an August email to parents.

The UC Student Association’s newly elected president is pushing to strengthen grassroots organizing and build closer ties between student organizations and University administrators.
The UCSA – a student-led organization that represents UC student governments – advocates for more than 230,000 undergraduate students across the University in system and statewide issues.

The UC is considering introducing an alternative standardized test in addition to the SAT and ACT for first-year undergraduate admissions.
The UC Academic Senate will decide whether or not to recommend reinstating the SAT and ACT for undergraduate admissions by June 2027.

The California Legislature approved a bill Friday that would allow undocumented students to hold campus jobs at UCLA and other public universities across the state.
The Opportunity for All Act – or Assembly Bill 713 – would bar the UC, California State University and California Community Colleges from denying students employment based solely on their ability to provide proof of federal work authorization.

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 6:38 p.m.
The UC has become more reliant on tuition revenue because of state funding fluctuations, according to a June report from a California research institute.

This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:20 p.m.
UCLA paused some international students’ work authorizations after it received an Aug. 12 memo from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. 
Universities suspected of using curricular practical training programs to create employment for international students instead of reasons required for academic studies could lose their certification to enroll exchange and international students, the memo stated.