Author: uclafaculty

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Given the Election Results, Has UC Dodged a Bullet? Lunchtime Forum Today

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Reminder: Today is the day!   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…

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Prop 30 Passes So No Trigger Cuts for UC

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Above are the ballot proposition results as of around 5 AM this morning from the California Secretary of State with about 95% of the results.  [Click image to enlarge.]  Prop 30, the governor’s tax initiative endorsed by the Regents, has passed.  Prop 39, the corporate loophole tax, which also adds some money into the general fund despite its earmark for “green” projects, also has passed.  The Munger school tax (Prop 38), which was seen as a rival to the governor’s tax, did very poorly as polls predicted. With the passage of Prop 30, the budget trigger – that would have…

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Where is the farmer?

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If you look closely at this photo of booths at the Thursday “Farmers’ Market” in Westwood just south of UCLA, you don’t see a lot of farm products.  According to the Daily Bruin, that fact, i.e., competition with non-food store owners in Westwood, has led to protests about the weekly market sponsored by the revived Westwood Business Improvement District.  Apparently, the added foot traffic in the village doesn’t make up for lost local business from the competition and perhaps from the general pedestrian congestion on Broxton.  What started out as a dispute over the management firm that runs the market…

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

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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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Time Goes By on the 405 Project

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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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Keep ’em moving

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

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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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Everyone loves recycling except maybe not for tuition

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

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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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MOOC, MOOC

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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…