Just a Reminder: This is Final Exam Week
Lots of tension for students but they can always take in a movie to relax: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAa3XPt9rI?feature=player_detailpage]
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Rebenching: UCLA Academic Senate Prefers More Rather than Less
The benches may be old but we like them. The “rebenching” issue has resurfaced. Basically, what is at stake is the formula by which UC money is divided up among the campuses. The Daily Bruin today reviews the issue and the view of the UCLA Academic Senate: The response states that the Senate is “adamantly opposed” to the current proposal – known as rebenching – and outlines the potentially negative impacts it could have on the UCLA campus… …Rebenching aims to equalize funding per student across all of the UC campuses by distributing state funds to each campus based on set student enrollment…
Hindsight on yesterday’s post on the new UC logo; did we get our money’s worth?
…(T)he new design… was created by an in-house design team at no extra cost to the university.* *From Los Angeles Times blog, HEADLINE: “Critics say new UC logo is not dignified enough,” 12/8/12:Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/critics-say-new-uc-logo-is-not-dignified-enough-.htmlAs the headline suggests, there is an issue about dignity. An observer (who will remain unnamed) has pointed out to yours truly that the new logo, when turned upside-down, resembles the rear end of an elephant. On the other hand, if you are in close quarters with an elephant, it’s probably better if it is walking away from you than towards you. If – despite the controversy – UC decides to…
Who Needs Light, Anyway? Or Gravitas?
inShare After 144 years with the same old Victorian seal, the University of California has decided to go mod. The university’s original logo — with its open book, 1868 date stamp and “Let there be light” script — will still be in circulation, appearing on president’s letters and official university documents. But marketing materials and websites will feature a radically simple and more contemporary symbol: a little “C” nesting inside a shield-shaped “U.” “They wanted something that would reflect the innovation, the character of California — just more modern, user-friendly,” said Dianne Klein of UC’s Office of the President. “That’s…
Whoops
No, things are not as bad as the picture suggests. But the state controller reports that through November, receipts are about $800 million below the original budget estimates (which include Prop 30). About half of the missing revenue is attributable to corporate profits tax net receipts. The controller also notes that Facebook’s IPO produced less for the state than expected. And expenditures are up more than $2 billion above estimates. The state isn’t running out of cash. And there are 7 months to go in this fiscal year. But note that these numbers are coming in at a time when…
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No Sander?
From the Daily Bruin on Thursday: A forum on UCLA’s holistic admissions policies planned for Wednesday has been postponed because of scheduling problems and legal concerns about the form of the discussion, according to organizers. The forum, organized by the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission, was intended to discuss a report by UCLA law professor Richard Sander that claims the undergraduate admissions process is illegally taking race into account… UCLA admissions officials declined their invitations after receiving legal advice against participating in a public forum with Sander, according to an email from Janina Montero, vice chancellor of student affairs. Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, associate…
Please Sir, Can I Have My Med School?
From the Riverside Press-Enterprise: Only hours into the 2013-2014 session, a pair of new lawmakers from Riverside introduced a pair of virtually identical measures to annually appropriate $15 million to UC Riverside’s School of Medicine. The bills are the first of their kind so early in a legislative year. Their authors, state Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, and Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside, pledged to secure money for the medical school during their campaigns this year. …University officials have tried since 2008 to secure ongoing state money for the school amid massive budget shortfalls. In 2011, officials postponed the school’s first freshman…
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PPIC Poll Covers Higher Ed Concerns
The latest opinion poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) covers a variety of issues including higher education. It suggests parents are worried about whether their kids will get into a public higher ed institution and what it will cost if they do. As the table below shows, half want their kids to go to grad school. [Click on the table to enlarge and get a clearer image.] You can find the poll at: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_1212MBS.pdf
More on UCLA Study’s Request for a Mayoral Pledge
This post is a follow up on yesterday’s blog piece on a UCLA study which asks LA City mayoral candidates to sign a pledge to implement various elements in the study, including creation of a new city agency. We noted the idea of a UCLA study – posted on the university’s “newsroom” website – which asks political candidates for mayor to sign a pledge raises some issues. Normally, to the extent that the university has endorsed political positions, there has been a direct university interest in those positions. For example, the Regents endorsed the governor’s Prop 30 in the last…
Not Again!
Yours truly noticed that on Sunset Boulevard near where it crosses the 405, there is a blinking sign that says that Sunset will be shut down on the evenings of December 7 and 8 from 9 PM to 6 AM. Bad news for late travelers to or from UCLA.