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Trending Down

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PPIC has issued a report noting that California enrollments have been dropping at UC and CSU as the state has cut funding and tuition has risen.  The chart above is from that report.  UC and CSU actually have been admitting a higher percentage of high school grads but those admitted increasingly go elsewhere.  Excerpt: California’s financial commitment to higher education has been compromised by fiscal crises and competing state priorities. Despite large increases in the demand for higher education, state general fund spending in this area has declined notably over the past ten years. California now spends more on corrections…

The Farmer in the Gill

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Our coverage of this drama continues with this excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle: A standoff between UC Berkeley and Occupy activists who planted renegade crops on university land is headed from the farm to the courts.  The University of California Board of Regents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against 14 protesters, claiming they and others conspired to cut through chains that secured gates and trespass onto the Gill Tract, a patch of land along bustling San Pablo Avenue in Albany… Full story at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/09/BABF1OFNUS.DTL You never know what might happen on a farm:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdRcNzPQUYY]

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How the Post-Secondary Pie Divides

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The Legislative Analyst produced the interesting pie charts above showing where students are and where degrees are produced after high school.  Note that some students in the community colleges (CCCs) may transfer to UC or CSU.  The Leg Analyst also provides the following counts of the various types of schools: University of California: Ten campuses, 234,000 students, Baccalaureates, masters, doctorates/professional California State University: 23 campuses, 424,000 students, Baccalaureates, masters, several applied doctorates California Community Colleges: 112 campuses, 1.5 million students, Associates degrees, certificates Nonprofit/Independent Colleges and Universities: 73 institutions, 263,000 students, Associates, baccalaureates, masters, doctorates  For-Profit/Private Institutions: Roughly 1,500 institutions,…

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Obama Traffic Late Thursday and Friday Morning

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Westside traffic around UCLA could be snarled late Thursday and Friday morning due to a visit by President Obama.  He is arriving at LAX Thursday evening at 6:20 PM and going to the house of George Clooney in Studio City.  Friday morning he goes the other way, leaving Studio City and departing LAX around 10 AM. Source: http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/05/obamajam_moves_to_unchart.php These periodic traffic jams leave a bad taste in LA, but apparently not for everyone:

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Distribution of $1 Billion in UCLA Research Funding

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UCLA’s Annual Report on Research funding for the past academic year reports a total of $1.079 billion.  The pie charts below show the distribution: Note: HSSEAS = Engineering; SOAA = Architecture; SPA = Public Affairs; GSE&IS = Education and Information Services; TFT = Theater, Film, TV. The full report is at: https://vcr.ucla.edu/annual-reports/2012-annual-report/pdf-files/ovcr-2012-annual-report-complete Possibly because of the ongoing litigation regarding a fatal lab accident, there is a significant report on safety issues: https://vcr.ucla.edu/annual-reports/2012-annual-report/pdf-files/appendix-materials/appendix-4

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Regents to Discuss (Not Enact) Possible Future Tuition Increases at May 16 Meeting

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Excerpts from the Fresno Bee: University of California students could face significantly higher tuition if the state doesn’t increase funding and voters reject the governor’s tax initiative, school administrators said Tuesday.  Under one scenario, the 10-campus system would raise tuition by 6 percent this fall if the state doesn’t increase funding by $125 million for 2012-13, according to a document posted online ahead of next week’s UC Board of Regents meeting.  The university would need to consider a mid-year tuition increase in the “range of double digits” – or make drastic cuts to campus programs and staffing – if voters…

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Disappointing State Revenues

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The state controller’s cash report for the fiscal year through April is now out.  Despite the blip in tax receipts in April due to the seasonal impact of the  income tax, revenues are down by over $3 billion compared to what the governor had forecast in January.  Compared to what the budget enacted last June for 2011-12 had projected, we are down over $5 billion. How all of this will play out with regard to the governor’s tax initiative in November is unclear.  The kind of cash problems that led to IOUs in 2009 are unlikely to repeat.  Thanks to…

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Yudof notes UC support for corporate tax bill

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Excerpt from the Fresno Bee: …(UC President Yudof indicated that) UC has supported, with amendments, a bill proposed by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) that would provide students with a family income less than $150,000 a scholarship to cover about two-thirds of college fees. About 42,000 UC students would receive the Middle Class Scholarship, saving up to $8,169 per year, according to an analysis by the Assembly Democratic Caucus. Approximately 150,000 California State University students would save $4,000 each year, and the California Community Colleges would get $150 million for financial aid.  The money to fund the scholarship…

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Lawsuit Filed to Block Sale of Japanese Garden

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Below is the text of a press release announcing a lawsuit to block the sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden by UCLA. Below that you will find the actual lawsuit. The suit focuses on the pledge by the university/Regents to maintain the garden “in perpetuity” and, if necessary, use proceeds from selling the associated residence for such maintenance. ==================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: John R. Walton Law Offices of John R. Walton, P.C. Phone: 626.578.6000 Fax: 626.578.6012 LAWSUIT FILED TO SAVE HANNAH CARTER JAPANESE GARDEN IN BEL AIR Los Angeles, California, May 7, 2012 – A lawsuit was filed…

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Tear Down This Stone Wall

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Various web sources are available concerning interpretation of the California Public Records Act.  It’s worth noting what that Act requires in view of the history of the hotel/conference center and UCLA’s non-disclosure, i.e., stonewalling, of the business plan for the revised version of the hotel. The revised hotel “concept” was unveiled in early November 2011.  At that point, there were repeated requests for the underlying business plan and related documents by the Faculty Association and other groups.  Under the Act, a state agency has 10 days to respond and possibly another 14 days to produce the requested documents.  Certain exemptions…