Author: uclafaculty

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Ballot Initiative Offers Online Route into UC

Byuclafaculty

With a formal title and a favorable fiscal analysis in hand, backers of an initiative to broaden access to online college preparatory classes will begin gathering signatures today to qualify for the November ballot.The proposed initiative would give students the right to go elsewhere for a course required for admission to a UC or CSU campus if their school doesn’t offer it. While they could drive to a nearby district, they also could take the course online. It would establish a California Diploma, which would be awarded when a student completed the 15 required courses, known as A-G… (The sponsoring)…

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Tuition Bargain at UCLA

Byuclafaculty

Despite skyrocketing tuition costs, three University of California schools were named among the nation’s best public school bargains in rankings published Tuesday by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego finished seventh, ninth and 10th, respectively, in the magazine’s annual analysis, which honors 100 schools for their combination of quality and affordability. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ranked first for the 11th consecutive year… Full story at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/uc-schools-ranked.html What a bargain!  We just need someone to get the word out: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QeWO9K7Egs&w=320&h=195]

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KPCC Radio Event on Higher Ed

Byuclafaculty

A KPCC AirTalk Event: Higher Education – What Is Its Future? Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The Crawford Family Forum 474 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena, CA 91105 Rising tuitions, student unrest, and trimmed budgets — what is the future of higher education? Join AirTalk’s Larry Mantle on Wednesday, January 11th as he hosts a distinguished panel of university heads representing California’s diverse higher education institutions. Chancellor Gene Blockassumed the chief executive officer position at UCLA in 2007 and President C.L. Max Nikias was appointed president of USC last year, but has been a part of the…

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A Thought for the New Year on Some Unfinished Business from the Last Year: Business Plan, That Is

Byuclafaculty

And it should be noted that not all optimistic business plans work out in which case – one way or another – someone has to pay:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTEpbIrYh-E&w=320&h=195]PS: 1959 – the date of this commercial – was the year the Faculty Center opened.

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Redevelopment Decision Likely a (Marginal) Good Thing for UC Budget

Byuclafaculty

For those who have been following the state budget/redevelopment drama on this blog that unfolded after yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling seemingly abolishing redevelopment agencies, below is an update, courtesy of the California Planning and Development Report (excerpts).  Our prior background posts are at: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/state-budget-ruling-expected-today-on.html http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-seems-to.html Redevelopment Will Be Back — But At What Price? By Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens on 29 December 2011  The California Supreme Court killed redevelopment this morning, but that doesn’t mean it’s dead.  At first glance it would seem as though redevelopment agencies have no bargaining power at all. After all, it’s hard to…

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Be Careful What You Wish for Seems to Be Effect of Court Decision on Redevelopment

Byuclafaculty

In an earlier post today, yours truly noted that the California Supreme Court was going to issue a ruling on redevelopment agencies that had potential consequences for the state budget.  Please look at that post for background details.  The opinion (with only one dissent) has now been posted.  It may be that the redevelopment agencies will regret a) supporting Prop 22 which supposedly protected their funding and b) asking the Court to invalidate the compromise deal worked out in the legislature. The Court – based on a non-lawyer reading – seems to say that 1) the legislature had a right…