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Rice on Health: Event Sponsored by the Emeriti Assn.

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Tom Rice Thomas Rice, Professor, Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health.  “U.S. Health Policy: Prospects After Recent Elections” Day/Date/Time/Place: Thursday, Dec. 6, Hacienda Room of the Faculty Center.  An informal reception with light refreshments will begin at 1:00 p.m.  The presentations begin at 1:30 and will allow opportunity for questions and discussion. Professor Rice is a health economist who received his doctorate in Economics from UC-Berkeley.  His research focuses on problems inherent in competition and markets in health care.  He has conducted studies on how large numbers of Medicare prescription drug plans affects the quality of choices…

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Special Regents Meeting Tomorrow

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The Regents are having a special meeting tomorrow, apparently to approve pay packages for the new chancellor at Berkeley and the acting chancellor at Riverside.  Yours truly cannot record the meeting due to other commitments.  However, as usual, we will request the audio and post it when it becomes available.  The agenda is at http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/nov27.html New Berkeley chancellor bio at:http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28634 New Riverside acting chancellor bio at:http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28698

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If you have to drive on Sepulveda near UCLA, all we can say is…

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Motorists navigating through Sepulveda Pass will have even less room to maneuver this week, as Sepulveda Boulevard is severely crimped next to the San Diego (405) Freeway.  Contractors working on the more than $1 billion freeway reconstruction and widening effort need to regrade Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane, the stretch of road generally north of the Veterans’ Cemetery and below the Sunset Boulevard overpass…  Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and lasting for seven days, Sepulveda Boulevard will lose half its capacity as workers limit it to just one lane in each direction.  And even those remaining two…

From Our Good Ideas from All Over Department: Empty Dorms

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Inside Higher Ed today pointed me to an article in the Denver Post (excerpt):   Since the University of Colorado‘s Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses began segregating dorms for students with valid concealed-carry permits this year, not a single student has asked to live where guns are allowed. On Aug. 16, CU announced that both campuses would establish a residential area for students over age 21 with a permit to hold a concealed handgun. In all other dormitories, guns are banned. “So far, no one has moved,” CU spokesman Ken McConnellogue said…  Full story at http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_22056373/no-students-move-following-cu-dorm-segregation-gun Insider Higher Ed summary…

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Crowded market for out-of-state students?

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You may have overlooked this ad that appeared in yesterday’s LA Times.  But seeing it now should remind you (and those seeking out-of-state students for UC for budgetary reasons), that UC is not the only player in the out-of-state student marketplace.  ASU is clearly trying to attract Californians by placing such an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper.  And other players will be coming along.Not all campuses of UC have equal weight in the out-of-state market, of course.  But the market is getting crowded, is it not?

Your California students will be able to sign their names…

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  Penmanship class …but your out-of-state students that UCLA is recruiting may not.From the LA Daily News: The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school curriculums or making it optional, California is among the states keeping longhand as a third-grade staple…  Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_22061429/california-is-preserving-penmanship-digital-age Being able to sign one’s name does seem like a worthwhile skill for a college student to have, at least to your blogmeister.Sincerely,

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UC-R Students’ Tuition Plan: Media Coverage But Lack of UC Enthusiasm

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UC administrator?  UC Regent? Blog readers may recall that some UC-Riverside students came up with a proposal to have “free” tuition at UC in exchange for a tax on graduates’ future incomes.  This idea has actually been around for some time but more typically at the federal level, i.e., a program involving all universities.  There are a variety of issues such as the lack of a cash flow immediately until the future graduates begin being taxed.  If such a plan were done only for one university system in one state, there are enforcement issues.  How would the tax be collected…

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More coverage of UCLA hospitality service’s marriage with commercial activities: How about a wedding?

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Yesterday, we noted that UCLA seems to be using its conference facilities in ways that are explicitly not linked to educational functions.  How about a wedding?  No mention of research, education, or even a UCLA connection in the video below taken from the Facebook page (above). http://www.facebook.com/uclameetings  As we have noted (over and over), the planned UCLA hotel is not allowed to take commercial business.  Lots of tax issues have been raised about the hotel but the Regents were told not to worry.  At wedding ceremonies, the tradition is to ask whether anyone has any objection to the marriage.  If…

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Harvard Cooking

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For those who, on the day after Thanksgiving, still have their minds into food – and for those interested in online education – we note the existence of the Harvard cooking class which seems to be a collaboration of cuisine and research.  One episode is below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ft0cwxjBKE?feature=player_detailpage]