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News Brief. Wednesday, March 19, 2025 — 10:39 am. UC to freeze hiring amid threat of federal funding cuts. The University of California will soon freeze hiring systemwide as it prepares for possible budget cuts at both the state and federal levels, President Michael Drake announced Wednesday.
California State University says it’s short $2.3 billion, a staggering budget gap that’s grown sharply since the system first revealed two years ago that it didn’t have the money to properly educate its students.
17,800+ UC students who receive Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. 9,400+ UC students who participate in the Federal Work-Study program. Colleges and universities—including UC—that receive federal funding to help offset the cost of reliable and affordable on-campus child-care services through the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program.
As the Trump administration threatens to pull federal funds from universities, including for medical and scientific research, the University of California has announced a hiring freeze and ...
Students sit on the lawn near Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
The California Indian Nations College (CINC) in Palm Desert received $10 million from the state to aid in its effort to become the first federally accredited tribal college in California.
Federal funding comprised 33.9%, or $152.8 billion, of the state’s 2024-25 budget, according to the California Budget and Policy Center. The majority, or 75% of the funds went to support health ...
California officials on Friday braced for what they believe is a significant escalation in President Donald Trump‘s efforts to squeeze the state financially, possibly cutting off all federal ...