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Gavin Newsom — an ex officio member of the University of California Board of Regents — is among others asking how the move will benefit all student-athletes, as well as how to mitigate the financial effects it will cause to UC Berkeley, California’s other public university in the Pac-12.

LOS ANGELES — Sebastian Dumbrava seemed like an ordinary UC Irvine student, studying computer science and applying for summer internships.

Today's decision of the Montana Supreme Court in Bd. of Regents v. State, written by Justice Laurie McKinnon, holds that the Montana Constitution gives the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education authority over the Montana University System, independent in many ways of the Legislature, and it was therefore unconstitutional…

MINNEAPOLIS — For 41 years, Mike Burns made a career out of coaching gymnastics. Then the University of Minnesota eliminated his program last year, and it became strictly a labor of love.

The ouster of University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel after a relationship with a subordinate came to light is a disappointing but necessary end to his tenure. Now, the Board of Regents must turn its attention to finding his replacement and moving the university firmly past persistent episodes of sexual…

DETROIT — The manner in which the University of Michigan Board of Regents removed Mark Schlissel as president Saturday has drawn some criticism because it changed the course of the state's largest public university outside the public eye.