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Regent Gould Talks About Pensions, Tuition, Concerns About Creating New Programs, and Anderson Self-Sufficiency
Byadmin December 1, 2010

UC Regents Chair Gould Talks Funds, Pension Plan Jordan Bach-Lombardo, November 30, 2010, Daily Californian http://www.dailycal.org/article/111368/uc_regents_chair_gould_talks_funds_pension_plan The Daily Californian interviewed UC Board of Regents Chair Russell Gould – who previously served as director of the California Department of Finance from 1993 to 1996 – on Nov. 23 about the University of California’s pension fund, which is facing significant changes due to its multibillion dollar funding deficit. Since the state halted contributions to the pension fund in 1990, the fund’s liabilities grew as its assets shrank, resulting in a $14 billion deficit as of August 2010. The regents voted in September…

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Contract Between UC, Academic Student Employees Challenged
Byadmin November 30, 2010

Inside Higher Ed points to this article today: Contract between UC, academic student employees challenged (excerpt) By TOVIN LAPAN – Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/29/10 SANTA CRUZ – A significant movement has emerged among the University of California’s academic student employees to not ratify the agreement reached by UC and union negotiators two weeks ago. On Nov. 16, after negotiating since June, representatives from UAW 2865, which represents over 12,000 teaching assistants, graduate student instructors, readers and tutors on UC campuses, reached a tentative agreement with UC on a new contract. Union members on various campuses who are unsatisfied with the…

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Academic Council Endorses Yudof Plan on Retirement Benefit Changes
Byadmin November 30, 2010

The Academic Council has endorsed the Yudof proposals for changes in post-employment benefits (pension, retiree health care) that will presumably be adopted by the Regents at the December special session. Below is the text of a letter confirming the endorsement. I have verified that the letter is a public document, although – at this writing – it has not yet been posted on the systemwide Senate website. November 24, 2010 MARK YUDOF, PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Re: Post-Employment Benefits Dear Mark: I am pleased to advise you that at its meeting on November 22, 2010, the Academic Council unanimously endorsed…

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Presentation Available on Replacement of the UCLA Faculty Club
Byadmin November 29, 2010

Earlier posts discussed the plan to replace the current UCLA Faculty Center building with a larger convention/hotel type facility. A meeting with Sam Morabito was held in the Faculty Center on Oct. 20 – which yours truly could not attend – but it was videoed and put on the Faculty Center website. Since the existence of the Faculty Club is in peril (although it is eventually supposed to be incorporated into the new building), I have captured the video from the live-stream it preserved it in four parts. That way, the video will be preserved – and whatever promises are…

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Powers-That-Be at UCLA Still Positive About Anderson Self-Sufficiency Plan
Byadmin November 29, 2010

The letter below from EVC Scott Waugh suggests that he and Chancellor Block (cc’d on the letter) remain positive about the Anderson School’s financial self-sufficiency plan, despite the negative Academic Senate reaction. As earlier posts have noted, some critics are concerned about setting a precedent for privatization – although the actual plan falls short of privatization. Others saw budgetary risk to UCLA. See the bold text in the letter (boldface added by yours truly) for the supportive comments by Waugh. On the other hand, additional review is indicated in the letter and how long that process might take is not…

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Mystery Resolved: Special Regents Meeting Dec. 13
Byadmin November 29, 2010

There are mysteries out there that are reported to be solved. And if you read the earlier post on the mystery of the missing December Regents meeting, I can now report that the mystery has been resolved. To recap: The Regents in November received the Yudof plan for modifying post-employment benefits (pensions, retiree health care). However, the November meeting was an information session regarding those benefits – no decision was made. The decision date was set for a special December meeting which was not listed on the UCOP/Regents website. According to the email below, that session is set for December…

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UCLA History: Nickel-a-Ride
Byadmin November 28, 2010

Nickel-a-ride in 1965. UCLA digital archives. Riding was big in 1965:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBFANonCPpk&fs=1&hl=en_US]

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UC Budget Protest at UCLA (in 1967)
Byadmin November 28, 2010

Photo from UCLA digital archives. Plus ça change… ?

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Inquiring Minds Wonder About the December Regents Meeting: What’s the Mystery?
Byadmin November 27, 2010

A special Regents session to deal with President Yudof’s recommendations on revising UC retirement benefits has been scheduled for December. That there will be such a session has been known for a long time. However, the December schedule (or any reference at all to the December meeting), mysteriously does not appear on the Regents official website, which (at this writing) continues to list the mid-November session as the last 2010 meeting. As earlier posts document, the mid-November meeting was when the retirement proposals were outlined – but not decided. December is to be the decision date. Since the special December…

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UCLA History: Atomic Energy at UCLA in 1948
Byadmin November 27, 2010

This news photo from the UCLA digital archives is said to depict students and faculty studying atomic energy in 1948. Atomic energy was a major area of public interest at that time given the bombing of Japan at the end of World War II and subsequent A-bomb testing. Exactly what the individuals above are doing is unclear.

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Regent Gould Talks About Pensions, Tuition, Concerns About Creating New Programs, and Anderson Self-Sufficiency

Contract Between UC, Academic Student Employees Challenged

Academic Council Endorses Yudof Plan on Retirement Benefit Changes

Presentation Available on Replacement of the UCLA Faculty Club

Powers-That-Be at UCLA Still Positive About Anderson Self-Sufficiency Plan

Mystery Resolved: Special Regents Meeting Dec. 13

UCLA History: Nickel-a-Ride

UC Budget Protest at UCLA (in 1967)

Inquiring Minds Wonder About the December Regents Meeting: What’s the Mystery?

UCLA History: Atomic Energy at UCLA in 1948

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