Trevor Scheopner News Today

After a five-week strike that shut down classes and labs and unleashed grading turmoil, UC and graduate student workers reached a tentative agreement Friday.

In its fourth week, the massive academic workers strike has led to canceled finals, delayed grades and growing angst among students.

As 48,000 University of California academic workers push their historic strike into a third week just days before finals, tensions and anxiety are rising. "People are losing their minds," a UC Santa Barbara professor says.

The strike of 48,000 University of California workers may have long-lasting consequences to the system's teaching and research excellence, some fear.

Behind UC strike, a push to change a way of life for academic aides