I love University of California having been a student & lecturer. Like so many I am disappointed by Provost George Breslauer’s ($306,000 salary) and Chancellor Birgeneau’s ($450,000 salary) failure to arrest escalating costs/tuition. B&B’s outrageous 14%annual tuition increases (2006 – 20012) provide a shocking picture of out of touch, self-serving senior management.most expensive public university. The tuition increases have forced students to take on more debt to finance their education. Cal's elete world ranking status continues to drop. UC Berkeley ranked # 2 in faculty earning potential. Paying more is not a better university. Birgeneau/Breslauer dismissed: increasing the number of classes per faculty; eliminating courses with too few students; refraining from exorbitant salaries, bonuses; doubling the time between sabbaticals; freezing all vacant positions; freezing pay, benefits & reforming pensions, health costs. Birgeneau believes fiscal efficiency is not healthy for Cal. Exodus of faculty, chancellors, and administrators: who can afford them?An American Enterprise Institute study found that UCB can operate well on much leaner budgets. Californians agree it is far from the ideal situation. Send a forceful message that this simply isn’t acceptable. UC Board of Regents marsha.kelman@ucop.edu
I love University of California having been a student & lecturer. Like so many I am disappointed by Provost George Breslauer’s ($306,000 salary) and Chancellor Birgeneau’s ($450,000 salary) failure to arrest escalating costs/tuition. B&B’s outrageous 14%annual tuition increases (2006 – 20012) provide a shocking picture of out of touch, self-serving senior management.most expensive public university. The tuition increases have forced students to take on more debt to finance their education. Cal's elete world ranking status continues to drop. UC Berkeley ranked # 2 in faculty earning potential. Paying more is not a better university. Birgeneau/Breslauer dismissed: increasing the number of classes per faculty; eliminating courses with too few students; refraining from exorbitant salaries, bonuses; doubling the time between sabbaticals; freezing all vacant positions; freezing pay, benefits & reforming pensions, health costs. Birgeneau believes fiscal efficiency is not healthy for Cal. Exodus of faculty, chancellors, and administrators: who can afford them?An American Enterprise Institute study found that UCB can operate well on much leaner budgets. Californians agree it is far from the ideal situation. Send a forceful message that this simply isn’t acceptable. UC Board of Regents marsha.kelman@ucop.edu
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