Year: 2011

CalPERS | CalSTRS | governor | pension | pensions

Gov. Brown Removes Controversial “Stanford Study” Author From CalSTRS Board
Byuclafaculty February 23, 2011

Readers of this blog will know of the so-called “Stanford Study” which was designed to produce the largest possible estimate of the unfunded liability of the three major state pension funds: CalPERS, CalSTRS, and UCRS. Money & Company blog, LA Times Governor pulls two teachers pension fund appointees (excerpt) February 22, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown has pulled back two controversial, last-minute appointments made by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to a state teachers pension board. On Dec. 31, Republican Schwarzenegger named Steven Kram, 54, of Los Angeles and Cameron Percy, 26, to the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, a $150-billion pension system.Kram…

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More Futurology, Courtesy of the U of Wisconsin
Byuclafaculty February 23, 2011

In a previous blog entry, we noted another Wisconsin story, different from the one playing out in the capital. This one involves an apparent effort by the flagship campus of the U of Wisconsin at Madison to break away from the rest of the system. The issue for UC is whether, under similar budgetary strains, the same pressures will arise here in the future. Insider Higher Ed has further developments today. The full story with links to relevant documents is at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/23/qt#252043 Excerpt: The president of the University of Wisconsin System, along with the president and vice president of the…

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pension | pensions | uc retirement

Harmonic Disturbance: Harman’s Pension Bill Explicitly Includes UC
Byuclafaculty February 23, 2011

SENATE BILL No. 689 Introduced by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) February 18, 2011 An act to add and repeal Section 7503.1 of the Government Code, relating to public retirement systems. Legislative counsel’s digest: SB 689, as introduced, Harman. Public retirement systems. Existing law requires all state and local public retirement systems to prepare an annual report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The bill would, until January 1, 2016, require all state and local public retirement systems to file an annual report with the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office that would include specified…

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Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming
Byuclafaculty February 23, 2011

Readers of this blog know that UCLA has a plan to demolish the current Faculty Center and replace it with a conference center/hotel complex. Information on this issue – apart from prior blog entries – is available at http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/FAQs.htm At that link, you can find pro and arguments concerning the project. Added info is that an Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Faculty Center has petitioned the Faculty Center to hold a vote of the membership on the question: Should the Faculty Center be torn down and be replaced by a Convention Center/Hotel and Faculty Club? Yes or No?Arguments for…

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UCLA

UCLA History: Construction of Medical Complex
Byuclafaculty February 22, 2011

Chancellor Murphy, Coach Wooden, and Regent Pauley begin construction of the UCLA medical complex in 1964.

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pension | pensions | UC Regents | uc retirement

Presidents Day Report: Party of Lincoln Pushes Change in Public Pensions to Defined Contribution
Byuclafaculty February 21, 2011

As we have noted repeatedly, it’s potentially not over with regard to the UC pension. A ballot proposition could easily override the Regents’ action that was taken last December. The article below notes that pensions have become the negotiating point on the state budget and getting the governor’s proposed tax extensions on the ballot. Brown’s Countdown, Day 43: State pension cuts pushed (excerpts) Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, Feb. 21, 2011 Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hailed pension cuts last year as a major reform after Democrats and state worker unions agreed to concessions that ended a record-long budget stalemate. But Republican…

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UCLA

UCLA History: Former President Receives Honorary Degree
Byuclafaculty February 20, 2011

As we approach Presidents Day, it goes without saying that Washington and Lincoln knew nothing about UCLA. However, UCLA did award an honorary PhD to former President Eisenhower (shown with then-Chancellor Franklin Murphy – center – and UC President Clark Kerr -right) in April 1965. (The date has also been reported as 1963. Anyone want to research the correct date?) The building in the background is Kerckhoff Hall.

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UCLA History: Ernest Moore
Byuclafaculty February 19, 2011

Ernest Carroll Moore, shown above, was named as director of the Southern Branch of the University of California when it was created at the Vermont Avenue campus. A view of that campus appears below Moore’s photo. Moore in fact headed the prior state normal school at that location which was converted into what became UCLA. He oversaw the move to the current Westwood site in the late 1920s. His title was eventually changed to “provost” and he served until 1936. Moore Hall at UCLA is named for him.

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transportation | UCLA

UCLA History: Bus Tickets
Byuclafaculty February 18, 2011

Bus tickets for students to get to UCLA in 1960. Note that neither the Santa Monica Freeway nor the San Diego Freeway were in operation at that time.

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LAO | tuition

LAO Suggests Higher Ed Affordability Issue Needs to Refocus Away from Annual Tuition Sticker Price
Byuclafaculty February 17, 2011

In testimony before the Assembly Higher Ed committee, LAO spokesperson Judy Heiman presented an overview of financial aid and affordability in California higher ed. The presentation was low key, reviewing various programs such as Cal Grants. With regard to tuition, she suggested that the legislature has been overly focused on the sticker price of annual tuition. One of the bullet points on her charts reads: Shifting policy focus away from “How can we minimize the price students pay, no matter the cost to the state?” and toward “How can we make a quality postsecondary education affordable?” Another suggestion involves varying…

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Year: 2011

Gov. Brown Removes Controversial “Stanford Study” Author From CalSTRS Board

More Futurology, Courtesy of the U of Wisconsin

Harmonic Disturbance: Harman’s Pension Bill Explicitly Includes UC

Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming

UCLA History: Construction of Medical Complex

Presidents Day Report: Party of Lincoln Pushes Change in Public Pensions to Defined Contribution

UCLA History: Former President Receives Honorary Degree

UCLA History: Ernest Moore

UCLA History: Bus Tickets

LAO Suggests Higher Ed Affordability Issue Needs to Refocus Away from Annual Tuition Sticker Price

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