Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
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Higher education reporter, San Francisco Chronicle. All tips welcome.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Aug 21
This is the only California university facing a huge bill under new Trump-era endowment tax
Next year, 19 private universities will pay a steep new tax on their endowments, according to an analysis by the American Enterprise Institute. Only one is in California.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Jul 16
UC Berkeley chancellor defends handling of campus antisemitism in House grilling
Rich Lyons and leaders of two other universities went before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, whose chair says antisemitism is “festering at schools.”
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Trump administration puts new pressure on UC Berkeley with investigation into foreign funding
The investigation, part of the administration’s effort to exert control over universities it sees as promoting liberalism, puts billions in federal aid at risk.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. What she did next was even worse
In person, the congresswoman acknowledged my health issues and my right to wear a mask to protect myself. That's not what she broadcast to her followers.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Apr 17
‘We shouldn’t have to hide’: UC Berkeley, Stanford international students worry they’ll lose visas
Many international students told the Chronicle they are too scared to speak out as the Trump administration has revoked more than 1,300 college students' visas.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Mar 22
UC’s most competitive major has a 1% acceptance rate (it’s not engineering)
Nursing programs are among the hardest to get into at UC and CSU, with only a 1% acceptance at UCLA and UC Irvine — despite a shortage of nurses in California.
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Nanette Asimov
@nanetteasimov.bsky.social
· Feb 23
At UC Berkeley, Dem House members gather evidence to fight cuts to world-leading research
A judge blocked proposed NIH cuts Friday, but UC Berkeley scientists told two House members the impact of potential cuts is harming their work regardless.
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