Regents

December 2, 2025

UC Regents recap: Regents vote to increase tuition, approve funding for UCSB housing

By Michelle Cisneros, Jack Dindia, Wynne Bendell, Iris Guo

The UC Regents voted to increase tuition costs based on inflation and approved funding for UCSB's East Campus Housing during its Nov. 18-20 meeting.

April 30, 2025

UC Regent, former NASA astronaut José Hernández visits UCSB, student activists express dissent

By Iris Guo

Former astronaut José Hernández delivered a lecture in a packed Campbell Hall on April 29, sharing his journey from working as a migrant farmworker to becoming a NASA astronaut.

November 21, 2024

Highlights of the Regents’ November 2024 Meeting

By Lizzy Rager, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Michelle Cisneros, Jack Dindia, Conor Kelly

The Regents discussed UC Health community benefits, increases in out-of-state tuition, a diversity report, debt-free UC, campus climate and COVID-19.

September 5, 2024

UCSB faculty share concerns on website free speech policy

By Conor Kelly

On July 18, the UC Regents passed a policy banning academic departments from posting political statements on their website landing page.

January 19, 2023

Highlights of the UC Regents’s January 2023 meeting

By Nisha Malley, Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda

The Regents discussed the UC investment portfolio, the new multi-year compact with the state and Title IX initiatives.

January 19, 2023

Yang announces $2B fundraising campaign, gives update on university happenings at UC Regents meeting

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch

UCSB anticipates it will move into the pre-approval “silent phase” of the campaign in the next year ahead of the campaign's public launch in 2025 following approval from UCOP and Regents.

September 23, 2022

Associated Students forms new Commission on Culture, Arts & Joy Justice

By Sindhu Ananthavel

CCAJJ aims to create a coalition for underrepresented cultural student organizations and unify activism on campus.

September 21, 2022

UC Regents 9/21 Highlights

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch, Nisha Malley, Mark Alfred, Asumi Shuda

The Regents discussed topics such as federal loan forgiveness, a new dual admissions program, military weapons on campus and transfer student reports.

January 20, 2022

Chancellors Get Pay Raise: Recap of UC Regents January 2022 Meeting

By Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda, Nisha Malley

Here are the most important takeaways from the University of California Board of Regents’ first meeting of 2022.

September 25, 2021

California Governor Appoints New University of California Regent: Jose Hernández

By Daelyn Einhorn

As a UC Regent, Hernández wants to make education affordable and accessible since families who want to send their children to college often face large expenses.

September 25, 2021

New Student-Regent Designate Marlenee Blas Pedral

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Blas Pedral did her undergraduate education at UCSB as a first-generation student and global studies major, where she co-founded an A.S. political party called the Democratic Process Party.

July 16, 2021

UC Regents To Vote on Proposed Tuition Increases at Upcoming Meeting

By Holly Rusch

The proposal, introduced at the Regents’ May 13 meeting, would increase tuition for the future class of 2022-23 by 2% from the previous class’s tuition plus inflation.

May 19, 2021

UC Regents Discuss Proposed Tuition Increase Beginning in 2022

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The plan proposes assigning a tuition and fee level to each incoming cohort of students and keeping that number flat for six years following enrollment.

May 19, 2021

New Budget, “Eligibility in the Local Context” Program, Mental Health Awareness: Key Takeaways from UC Regents Meeting

By Holly Rusch

The $960.6 million 2021-22 UC Office of the President (UCOP) budget marks an uptick of $98.6 million from the more conservative planning of the UC’s 2020-21 budget.