UCLA History: The Kirkeby
Kirkeby Center – which is now the building housing the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum at Westwood and Wilshire – was once topped by an upscale restaurant, The Kirkeby.
Year: 2011
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UCLA History: Blimp View (of and from)
View of the Goodyear Blimp over UCLA in 1930 (below) and a view from the Blimp of UCLA (right).
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Whoops: Non-Californians at UC get summer subsidy
A taxpayer subsidy that out-of-state students enrolled in the University of California system have been receiving for years is under scrutiny as the schools search for extra revenue. During the regular school year, nonresidents pay up to three times as much as students from California, bringing the universities a few hundred million dollars. But partly due to measures taken to boost summer enrollment, they are spared from paying higher fees for summer classes… Unlike the UC campuses, the California State University system doesn’t give nonresidents a break. They pay an extra $372 per unit year-round. Full article at: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/university-of-california-nonresident-summer-school.html
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UCLA Forecast Chart Tells the Underlying Story
Above you see my favorite chart from the UCLA Anderson Forecast. It appears each quarter in the publication that accompanies the Forecast conference. This version is from the most recent Forecast conference which took place on campus in Ackerman last Wednesday. (My brilliant cellphone photo of the conference on the left reminds us that there is – after all – space on campus to hold big conferences, but that is another story.) What the chart tells us is that California has essentially never recovered from the recession of the early 1990s. The trend line is the Cold War employment growth…
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governor | politics | State Budget | UC budget crisis | UCOP
Radio Interview on UC Budget Cut (in Now-Vetoed Budget)
UC Exec VP for Business Operations Nathan Brostrom was interviewed earlier today by Madeline Brand, KPCC, shortly before the governor vetoed the state budget. Brostrom asserts that the governor could have line-item vetoed the UC cut. It’s not clear that the governor could do that but, in any event, vetoing the entire budget ends the issue for now. Click below for the interview. Note that it is uncertain where we go from here. The governor and the legislative Democrats are now at odds. The state controller, John Chiang, is deciding whether the budget that was passed but vetoed was “balanced”…
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At Last, Something Is Heard
We at this blog have been waiting for UCOP and the Regents to get involved in the state budget. It’s late in the game – a simple-majority budget was passed last night that (as previously noted on this blog) chops another $150 million from UC. But at last, we are hearing from UC’s powers-that-be. Gov. Brown could veto the budget. If he signs it, he could cut spending in particular lines but can’t raise spending. However, other bills can be enacted that modify the budget. In any case, the UCOP press release reproduced below in italics could be the start…
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UCLA History: UC Extension in September 1931
Prior posts have reproduced two earlier Extension catalogs from 1930-31. Below is a third from September 1931 (and the last in possession of yours truly). Extension is still listed as headquartered at 805 South Hill Street in downtown LA, not far from City Hall (shown at left in a 1931 photo). Compared to the earlier catalog, this catalog’s cover reports the longest list of locations around the LA/Southern California at which courses were offered. There is a heavy concentration of education courses, probably to allow K-12 teachers to earn credentials. Under Economics are listed various business courses (accounting, marketing, personnel…
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Understatement of the Week
See the prior post on the simple-majority budget and the further cuts it includes for UC. The Democratic plan …calls for $150 million reductions each to the University of California and California State University systems. UC Office of the President spokesman Steve Montiel responded as follows: “We are assessing the latest proposal from the state Senate, and it’s too soon to say with certainty what the impact would be. But there’s no question that additional cuts would not be good news for UC and the Californians it serves. The university already has taken steps to absorb a $500 million cut,…
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More Cuts for UC Under Simple-Majority Budget
If Republican votes cannot be obtained to put tax extensions on the ballot, Democrats in the legislature are reported to be poised to pass a simple-majority budget that would include more cuts to UC. From the Sacramento Bee website: The proposal… includes the following: – $3.4 billion in deferred payments to K-12 schools, community colleges and the University of California. Schools could maintain programs as long as they borrow to fund them. – $1 billion in taking First 5 funds, a move already under legal challenge. – $1.7 billion by asking redevelopment agencies to contribute money to the state under…
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Not Yet Out of the Woods on the State Budget
The latest cash statement from the state controller released today covers the fiscal year 2010-11 through May (11/12 of the year). It tells you what has actually happened so far this year as opposed to optimistic forecasts about next year. Despite all of the hoopla about extra revenue, the statement indicates we are not out of the woods regarding the state budget. Relative to last year, sales tax revenue is up 1.7%, less than inflation in other words, which suggests a not-so-vibrant underlying retail economy. Overall revenue is up 7.6% over the same period last year and the gain is…