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UC History: April 30, July 2, whatever, whenever
Byadmin May 1, 2012

“Today” in the tweet on the right was actually yesterday. The Morrill Act of 1862 was also known as the Land Grant College Act. It was a major boost to higher education in America. The grant was originally set up to establish institutions in each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. The land-grant act was introduced by a congressman from Vermont named Justin Smith Morrill. He envisioned the financing of agricultural and mechanical education. He wanted to assure that education would be available to those in…

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Can’t we all get along?
Byadmin April 30, 2012

From today’s Inside Higher Ed (excerpt): UCLA wants to revamp general education requirement Kaustuv Basu, April 30, 2012 Critics of a proposal by the University of California Los Angeles to add a compulsory course on community and conflict to its general education requirements for the College of Letters and Science say that the idea say is akin to peddling old wine in a new bottle, and not much different from a diversity requirement that was voted down by faculty in 2004. Next month, faculty members are expected to vote on the measure, variations of which have been decades in the…

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UCLA History: Rodney King Verdict
Byadmin April 29, 2012

UCLA rally shortly after the Rodney King police officers verdict in 1992. Source: http://hammeringsparksfromtheanvil.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

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Sales Pitch: Join the Faculty Association at UCLA
Byadmin April 29, 2012

The Faculty Association at UCLA is the sponsor of this blog. UCLA Academic Senate members are invited to join the Association. For information on the Association, go to http://www.uclafaculty.org/FASite/Home.html To become a member, go to http://www.uclafaculty.org/FASite/Join.html for an application.

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Wider Lessons to Be Learned (Even at UCLA!) from UC-Davis’s Pepper Spray Report
Byadmin April 29, 2012

Yours truly does a “Mitchell’s Musings” weekly blog for the Employment Policy Research Network (http://www.employmentpolicy.org/) of which he is senior academic editor. Normally, this blog and that one don’t cover similar topics. But in this case they do so I cross-post below. Could there be some lessons for UCLA that emerge from the UC-Davis pepper-spray incident? Could there even be some linkage to UCLA’s proposed hotel/conference center? Might be! Fair and balanced; you decide! ===== Mitchell’s Musings 4-30-12: The Real Pepper-Flavored Lessons of Hindsight Daniel J.B. Mitchell By now, the world has become aware of the University of California-Davis’ “pepper-spray cop,”…

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No Way (for UC), San Jose
Byadmin April 29, 2012

As previous blog posts have noted, Governor Brown has proposed a statewide pension plan that would override the Regents’ changes to the UC pension and would require a “hybrid” plan with defined benefit and defined contribution components, a 75% cap, etc. UC’s official position is that it shouldn’t be included. However, the governor has not acquiesced. The legislature’s majority Democrats have been reluctant to consider the governor’s plan and have been considering alternatives. Brown has warned public sector unions that local governments will be putting plans on the ballot and adopting pension plans that are more stringent than his proposal…

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Byadmin April 28, 2012

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Tuition Hunger Strike at CSU
Byadmin April 28, 2012

[Excerpt] Students at six Cal State University campuses have vowed to fast until university leaders agree to freeze tuition, roll back administrative and executive salaries and meet other demands. Members of Students for Quality Education said Friday that the hunger strike will begin Wednesday and involve 13 students at the Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge, Sacramento and San Bernardino campuses… Cal State officials said Friday that no decisions have been made on whether to intervene in the hunger strike. The students don’t appear to have a clear understanding of the issues, said spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp. For example, campus presidents…

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No Japanese Garden at May Regents Meeting
Byadmin April 28, 2012

Death Knell Rings For Hannah Carter Garden Beverly Hills Courier 4/26/12 By Laura Coleman On Wednesday, UCLA denied the Coalition to Save the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden an opportunity to address the UC Board of Regents during its meeting on May 15-17 in a letter from University of California President Mark Yudof. The May 22 deadline to bid on the UCLA-owned garden and former Carter residence, listed by Coldwell Banker for a total of $14.7 million, had prompted community activists opposed to the impending sale to redouble their efforts to place the issue on the agenda for the upcoming Regents…

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UCLA History: New Provost
Byadmin April 27, 2012

New UCLA Provost Earle Raymond Hedrick (left) with UC President Sprouls in 1937. Background on Hedrick is at http://www.pastleaders.ucla.edu/hedrick.html

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