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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…

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Yet another 405-related traffic alert in the area near UCLA

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There will be a closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane/Ovada Street  beginning Friday, November 2, at 9 pm until Monday at 6 am.  The Montana Avenue off-ramp from the I-405 north will also be closed from 7 pm Friday until Monday at 6 am. It’s trouble for those who want to get home late or during the weekend: And by the way, those AMs and PMs get modified half way through the weekend:  

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CSU rejects criticism of its legislative scorecard

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We have referred in earlier posts to the rather surprising disclosure that CSU produced an online “scorecard” rating members of the legislature on their votes on matters of concern to higher ed.  While it is not surprising that CSU would keep track of legislative votes, rating them and publishing the ratings is, well, unusual.  It has produced legislative complaints.  But CSU seems to be toughing it out on this issue. From the Sacramento Bee‘s Capitol Alert blog: Two state senators – one Democrat and one Republican – demanded Thursday that the California State University system’s trustees tell them who authorized…

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UCLA Luskin School Ballot Proposition Forum: 11-1-2012 (audio)

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Today’s forum at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs featured a discussion of the November 2012 California ballot propositions including those dealing with taxes and the state budget.  You can hear the audio of the discussion at the link below.  Guest speakers were Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, second-highest ranking Republican in the state assembly, and former Democratic Governor Gray Davis. The full program runs about one and a quarter hours:

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Another poll shows the slide of Prop 30

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The California Field Poll shows the slide below 50%. Prop 30 – the governor’s tax initiative that has been endorsed by the Regents – had been marginally above 50% until recently.  It could still pass since the undecided voters have to vote yes or no and if most vote yes, it will have a majority.  Nonetheless, the position of Prop 30 is precarious. As readers of this blog will know, the revenue estimated to be produced by Prop 30 is built into the current fiscal year state budget.  Trigger cuts are also built into the budget if it fails, including…

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Even if you have the Marxist view on the November ballot initiatives…

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Groucho Marx, that is, and his academic perspective: Today is the day for hearing about all eleven of them. Campus Program on Ballot Propositions: Nov. 1 The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment present: Debating the 2012 California Ballot Propositions  with Gray Davis, Luskin Distinguished Policy Fellow, and Cameron Smyth, Luskin Senior Fellow California voters face big decisions on the 2012 ballot initiatives. From tax policy to the death penalty to genetically modified food labeling, a lot is at stake on the ballot. Join us for an educational and informative forum to analyze the…