UCLA History: The Way It Was in 1930
Aerial view of UCLA and surrounding area in 1930 from the UCLA History Project collection.
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Undecided: The News Media Seem Uncertain About the Impact of Tuition Hikes
The media seem to be undecided as to how to play the impact of recent tuition hikes. They don’t affect enrollment or they do affect enrollment. Below are two examples from today’s news items: Enrollment numbers steady despite tuition hikes Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin11/25/2010 Early enrollment numbers seem immune to recent tuition hikes at California’s public universities. The California State University system received more than 360,000 applications ahead of Tuesday’s enrollment deadline for next fall, CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said.The preliminary figures are inching closer to the 391,000 applications received by the CSU system for the 2009-10…
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California (and UC) Then and Now
The image above – which is not very clear – comes from today’s Sacramento Bee. So go to http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/25/3211006_a3210969/california-browns-heyday-vs-today.html for a sharper view. When you do, note in particular the data on UC enrollment. Of course, things were not just different for Jerry Brown in the 1970s:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCH3w_LnmHE&fs=1&hl=en_US]
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Winners & Losers: Happy Thanksgiving
Apologies to vegetarians.But it can be tough on the carnivores, too:
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Why You Get Paid on Jan. 3; Not Dec. 31
Faculty and staff recently received an email from UCLA Corporate Financial Services reminding them that their paycheck will arrive at the beginning of January rather than the end of December. All other paychecks arrive at the end of the month – not the beginning of the month – so why the exception? I can’t tell you the date in which this occurred, but it was probably in the early 1960s. At that time, everyone was paid in all months at the end of the month – including December. Then someone had a bright idea. If the Dec. 31 paycheck was…
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More Terrorism Against UCLA Researchers Reported
UCLA researcher receives threatening package; animal activists said to claim responsibility November 23, 2010, LA Now blog of LA Times A UCLA neuroscientist who conducts animal research received a package with razor blades and a threatening message, a university spokesman said Tuesday afternoon. David Jentsch, who does research on rodents and primates, received the package earlier this month, spokesman Phil Hampton said. In a news release issued Tuesday, the Animal Liberation Front said it had obtained statements from animal activists called “The Justice Department of UCLA,” which claimed responsibility for sending AIDS-tainted razor blades to Jentsch, whom the group alleges…
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If They Build It (With Federally Subsidized Bonds), Someone Will Come
If only we could get the LA-area unemployment rate up higher, maybe UCLA could get some of those bonds. See below: UC Merced turns to federal bonds (excerpt) Jamie Oppenheim, November 23, 2010, Modesto Bee MERCED — Merced County’s recent classification as an economic recovery zone has been a boon to the University of California at Merced — making its future expansion more affordable. That could mean lots more construction jobs and a positive trickle-down impact on the area’s economy. Merced County supervisors recently gave the OK for UC Merced to use low-interest recovery zone bonds, designated for areas with…
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Another Take – This One from Insider Higher Ed – on Pushback on Anderson’s Self-Sufficiency Plan
Inside Higher Ed’s take on the Anderson self sufficiency issue (with a nice plug for our blog) Pushback on a B-School’s Bold Plan (excerpts) November 23, 2010, Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed The blog of the Faculty Association of the University of California at Los Angeles features a video, labeled “a little self-sufficient music” — the Supremes singing “Stop in the Name of Love.” The clip starts not with the famous title line of the song, but with the refrain: “Think it o-o-ver.” The reference to “self-sufficient music” is a play on the plan of the business school at UCLA…
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Guest Op Ed: The UCRP Train Wreck
The UCRP Train Wreck Professor Steven LippmanGeorge W. Robbins Chair in ManagementUCLA Anderson School of Management UCOP intends for the employers’ contribution to UCRP be ratcheted up to 20% by July 1, 2017. The now-planned contribution of 20% from all employers of UC personnel (which includes NIH and other granting agencies as well as the hospitals and medical centers) and 7% from all employees falls short of preventing the current $13 Billion underfunding at UCRP from worsening. At present, employees plus employers pay in 6% of the $8 billion covered compensation (CC) which amounts to $480 million per year. This…
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Show Me the Money: Public Attitudes Toward Campus Programs After Tuition Hikes
When tuition goes up, questions get asked about where exactly the money is going. Below is an example from our friends at Berkeley: UC Berkeley vows to build museum despite finances (excerpt) Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle. November 22, 2010 Even as financially strapped UC Berkeley is preparing to raise tuition 8 percent next fall, it has pledged to spend as much as $20 million in campus funds to help build a $96 million art museum. Just where $20 million will come from, however, remains unclear – with campus spokesman Dan Mogulof saying only that it will depend…