Year: 2012

UCLA

Silliness Insider
Byuclafaculty November 27, 2012

Publish first; ask questions later. UCLA a Dangerous Campus? Don’t Believe It UCLA Newsroom, November 21, 2012 UCLA is a very safe campus located in a famously low-crime area of Los Angeles. You wouldn’t know this from a story on the website Business Insider that runs under the misleading headline, The 25 Most Dangerous Colleges In America. The story puts UCLA at the top of the list. That erroneous claim came as a shock at UCLA, especially to the officials who report crime statistics to the FBI every year, as do most campuses. They knew immediately that the story…

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admissions | audio | enrollment | State Budget | UC budget crisis | UC Regents | UC-San Francisco | UC-Santa Barbara

Listen to Regents Meeting of Nov. 13, 2012
Byuclafaculty November 27, 2012

The UC Board of Regents, Committee on Grounds and Building met on the afternoon of Nov. 13, 2012. On the agenda were public comments, approval of the UC capital budget plan, discussion of a long term plan for student housing at UC-Santa Barbara, and design approval of a $118.6 million faculty office building project at UC-San Francisco. Two speakers in the public comments session referred to out-of-state students although exactly what was being suggested was unclear. The capital budget is a wishlist of projects that it would be nice if the state funded through general obligation bonds. However, given the…

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health care

Rice on Health: Event Sponsored by the Emeriti Assn.
Byuclafaculty November 27, 2012

Tom Rice Thomas Rice, Professor, Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health. “U.S. Health Policy: Prospects After Recent Elections” Day/Date/Time/Place: Thursday, Dec. 6, Hacienda Room of the Faculty Center. An informal reception with light refreshments will begin at 1:00 p.m. The presentations begin at 1:30 and will allow opportunity for questions and discussion. Professor Rice is a health economist who received his doctorate in Economics from UC-Berkeley. His research focuses on problems inherent in competition and markets in health care. He has conducted studies on how large numbers of Medicare prescription drug plans affects the quality of choices…

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UC Berkeley | UC Regents | UC-Riverside

Special Regents Meeting Tomorrow
Byuclafaculty November 27, 2012

The Regents are having a special meeting tomorrow, apparently to approve pay packages for the new chancellor at Berkeley and the acting chancellor at Riverside. Yours truly cannot record the meeting due to other commitments. However, as usual, we will request the audio and post it when it becomes available. The agenda is at http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/nov27.html New Berkeley chancellor bio at:http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28634 New Riverside acting chancellor bio at:http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28698

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traffic | transportation | UCLA

If you have to drive on Sepulveda near UCLA, all we can say is…
Byuclafaculty November 26, 2012

Motorists navigating through Sepulveda Pass will have even less room to maneuver this week, as Sepulveda Boulevard is severely crimped next to the San Diego (405) Freeway. Contractors working on the more than $1 billion freeway reconstruction and widening effort need to regrade Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane, the stretch of road generally north of the Veterans’ Cemetery and below the Sunset Boulevard overpass… Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and lasting for seven days, Sepulveda Boulevard will lose half its capacity as workers limit it to just one lane in each direction. And even those remaining two…

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U of Colorado

From Our Good Ideas from All Over Department: Empty Dorms
Byuclafaculty November 26, 2012

Inside Higher Ed today pointed me to an article in the Denver Post (excerpt): Since the University of Colorado‘s Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses began segregating dorms for students with valid concealed-carry permits this year, not a single student has asked to live where guns are allowed. On Aug. 16, CU announced that both campuses would establish a residential area for students over age 21 with a permit to hold a concealed handgun. In all other dormitories, guns are banned. “So far, no one has moved,” CU spokesman Ken McConnellogue said… Full story at http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_22056373/no-students-move-following-cu-dorm-segregation-gun Insider Higher Ed summary…

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admissions | enrollment | UC budget crisis

Crowded market for out-of-state students?
Byuclafaculty November 26, 2012

You may have overlooked this ad that appeared in yesterday’s LA Times. But seeing it now should remind you (and those seeking out-of-state students for UC for budgetary reasons), that UC is not the only player in the out-of-state student marketplace. ASU is clearly trying to attract Californians by placing such an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper. And other players will be coming along.Not all campuses of UC have equal weight in the out-of-state market, of course. But the market is getting crowded, is it not?

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miscellaneous

Your California students will be able to sign their names…
Byuclafaculty November 25, 2012

Penmanship class …but your out-of-state students that UCLA is recruiting may not.From the LA Daily News: The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school curriculums or making it optional, California is among the states keeping longhand as a third-grade staple… Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_22061429/california-is-preserving-penmanship-digital-age Being able to sign one’s name does seem like a worthwhile skill for a college student to have, at least to your blogmeister.Sincerely,

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tuition | UC Regents | UC-Riverside | UCOP

UC-R Students’ Tuition Plan: Media Coverage But Lack of UC Enthusiasm
Byuclafaculty November 24, 2012

UC administrator? UC Regent? Blog readers may recall that some UC-Riverside students came up with a proposal to have “free” tuition at UC in exchange for a tax on graduates’ future incomes. This idea has actually been around for some time but more typically at the federal level, i.e., a program involving all universities. There are a variety of issues such as the lack of a cash flow immediately until the future graduates begin being taxed. If such a plan were done only for one university system in one state, there are enforcement issues. How would the tax be collected…

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new hotel-conference center | UCLA

More coverage of UCLA hospitality service’s marriage with commercial activities: How about a wedding?
Byuclafaculty November 24, 2012

Yesterday, we noted that UCLA seems to be using its conference facilities in ways that are explicitly not linked to educational functions. How about a wedding? No mention of research, education, or even a UCLA connection in the video below taken from the Facebook page (above). http://www.facebook.com/uclameetings As we have noted (over and over), the planned UCLA hotel is not allowed to take commercial business. Lots of tax issues have been raised about the hotel but the Regents were told not to worry. At wedding ceremonies, the tradition is to ask whether anyone has any objection to the marriage. If…

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Year: 2012

Silliness Insider

Listen to Regents Meeting of Nov. 13, 2012

Rice on Health: Event Sponsored by the Emeriti Assn.

Special Regents Meeting Tomorrow

If you have to drive on Sepulveda near UCLA, all we can say is…

From Our Good Ideas from All Over Department: Empty Dorms

Crowded market for out-of-state students?

Your California students will be able to sign their names…

UC-R Students’ Tuition Plan: Media Coverage But Lack of UC Enthusiasm

More coverage of UCLA hospitality service’s marriage with commercial activities: How about a wedding?

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