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Faculty Association at UCLA | politics | State Budget | UC budget crisis

Particularly on Election Day, it’s hard to know what tomorrow will bring…
Byadmin November 6, 2012

But one thing it will definitely bring is our forum on the future of UC and its funding, as the notice below explains:=============================== SPEAKERS’ FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS FOR UC DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012TIME: Noon-1:30 pm LOCATION: Faculty Center, California RoomLUNCH: Complimentary Sandwiches and Beverages will be served.RSVP: ucfa@earthlink.net so we can get an accurate food count. (Cut and paste this address into your email. You can’t do it from here.)APRIL 1982: ANCIENT CALIFORNIA HISTORY “The interconnected complications surrounding the upcoming state budget for 1982-83 defy comprehension by most state legislators let alone the public at large… Governor Jerry Brown is projecting a $3…

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traffic | transportation | UCLA

Time Goes By on the 405 Project
Byadmin November 6, 2012

The I-405 construction project around Westwood and the Sepulveda Pass has been causing traffic problems around UCLA for some time. Now comes a report in the LA Daily News that the project is six months behind schedule.You can find the story at:http://www.dailynews.com/ci_21935639/faster-405-campaign-launches-speed-405-car-poolWell, we have time…[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22CiKMPpaY?feature=player_detailpage]

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CSU | enrollment | tuition

Keep ’em moving
Byadmin November 6, 2012

Will the CSU concept described below come to UC? Particularly if Prop 30 fails, the Regents will be under pressure to come up with “solutions.” From the San Francisco Chronicle: California State University trustees will consider raising fees next Tuesday for certain students – at least 53,000 who take extra credits, linger too long at school or repeat classes – even if voters approve the university-friendly tax measure known as Proposition 30 on election day. The idea, CSU officials say, is to force students to move through school faster… — A “graduation incentive” fee. Students who take more units than…

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miscellaneous | State Budget | UC | UC budget crisis | UCLA

Times are changing and so is the outlook for UC’s future funding. Attend the Nov. 7 Forum!
Byadmin November 5, 2012

UCLA in 1939 SPEAKERS’ FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS FOR UC DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012TIME: Noon-1:30 pm LOCATION: Faculty Center, California RoomLUNCH: Complimentary Sandwiches and Beverages will be served.RSVP: ucfa@earthlink.net so we can get an accurate food count. (Cut and paste this address into your email. You can’t do it from here.)APRIL 1982: ANCIENT CALIFORNIA HISTORY “The interconnected complications surrounding the upcoming state budget for 1982-83 defy comprehension by most state legislators let alone the public at large… Governor Jerry Brown is projecting a $3 to $4 Billion shortfall in revenues for 1982-83. This is against the Governor’s $2.1 Billion estimate in his January…

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tuition | UC | UC budget crisis | University of Iowa

Everyone loves recycling except maybe not for tuition
Byadmin November 5, 2012

Inside Higher Ed today has a lengthy piece about an apparent revolt in Iowa against the idea of recycling tuition at public universities from higher income students to lower income. As readers of this blog are likely to know, UC has followed such a policy. Excerpt: Last month, the Board of Regents of the State of Iowa, which oversees the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa, eliminated their policy of earmarking 20 percent of in-state tuition revenue for financial aid purposes… …(I)t’s easy to see why so many families think they are paying for…

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Faculty Association at UCLA | Master Plan | State Budget | UC budget crisis

Don’t worry if you forgot to reset your clock. You’ll just be an hour early to our program on Wednesday!
Byadmin November 4, 2012

SPEAKERS’ FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS FOR UC DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012TIME: Noon-1:30 pm LOCATION: Faculty Center, California RoomLUNCH: Complimentary Sandwiches and Beverages will be served.RSVP: ucfa@earthlink.net so we can get an accurate food count. (Cut and paste this address into your email. You can’t do it from here.)APRIL 1982: ANCIENT CALIFORNIA HISTORY “The interconnected complications surrounding the upcoming state budget for 1982-83 defy comprehension by most state legislators let alone the public at large… Governor Jerry Brown is projecting a $3 to $4 Billion shortfall in revenues for 1982-83. This is against the Governor’s $2.1 Billion estimate in his January proposed budget…It would be…

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online education | Stanford | UC Berkeley

MOOC, MOOC
Byadmin November 3, 2012

The NY Times has a feature article on MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. There are some problems: …The MOOC certainly presents challenges. Can learning be scaled up this much? Grading is imperfect, especially for nontechnical subjects. Cheating is a reality. “We found groups of 20 people in a course submitting identical homework,” says David Patterson, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who teaches software engineering, in a tone of disbelief at such blatant copying; Udacity and edX now offer proctored exams. Some students are also ill prepared for the university-level work. And few stick with it. “Signing up…

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traffic | transportation | UCLA

Yet another 405-related traffic alert in the area near UCLA
Byadmin November 3, 2012

There will be a closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane/Ovada Street beginning Friday, November 2, at 9 pm until Monday at 6 am. The Montana Avenue off-ramp from the I-405 north will also be closed from 7 pm Friday until Monday at 6 am. It’s trouble for those who want to get home late or during the weekend: And by the way, those AMs and PMs get modified half way through the weekend:

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miscellaneous | UCLA

UCLA Pauley Promo and History
Byadmin November 2, 2012

UCLA is promoting its renovated Pauley Pavillion with the video below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deqx22BvFc?feature=player_detailpage] Although noted for sports events, the building has been used for other purposes. Below is a photo of a display of the AIDS quilt at Pauley in 1988 from the LA Public Library collection:

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CSU | politics

CSU rejects criticism of its legislative scorecard
Byadmin November 2, 2012

We have referred in earlier posts to the rather surprising disclosure that CSU produced an online “scorecard” rating members of the legislature on their votes on matters of concern to higher ed. While it is not surprising that CSU would keep track of legislative votes, rating them and publishing the ratings is, well, unusual. It has produced legislative complaints. But CSU seems to be toughing it out on this issue. From the Sacramento Bee‘s Capitol Alert blog: Two state senators – one Democrat and one Republican – demanded Thursday that the California State University system’s trustees tell them who authorized…

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Particularly on Election Day, it’s hard to know what tomorrow will bring…

Time Goes By on the 405 Project

Keep ’em moving

Times are changing and so is the outlook for UC’s future funding. Attend the Nov. 7 Forum!

Everyone loves recycling except maybe not for tuition

Don’t worry if you forgot to reset your clock. You’ll just be an hour early to our program on Wednesday!

MOOC, MOOC

Yet another 405-related traffic alert in the area near UCLA

UCLA Pauley Promo and History

CSU rejects criticism of its legislative scorecard

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