regent
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A similar UC measure to add another student regent failed five years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Zhou said her peers rely on the student regent post to raise concerns about policing, student workers and student services.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
It was only blocked after pushback from USC and Michigan, where one regent branded the deal a “payday loan.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Sidoarjo town's regent claims the school's management had not obtained permits for the expansion of the building.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Liberals and conservatives, traditionalists and reformers, white-collar officials and blue-collar miners, all remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected all different opinions.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Any change would require a vote by the regents, who have final say over both the tests and the courses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The admissions board will then turn to high school course requirements, submitting an initial report to the council in May 2027; the regents would take up any course changes at an unspecified later date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
A UC faculty task force recommended keeping the SAT in 2020, but the regents overruled it and voted to develop a UC-specific test that a committee later determined would take too long to create.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
During his three-year reign, the boy king was shielded from real power by a triumvirate of regents and advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
With the $250,000 in operating costs that Sproul had managed to pry from the Berkeley regents, that essentially provided everything Lawrence had requested.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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