The Regents at their postponed meeting today (11-28-11) are expected to raise the employee contribution to the pension plan to 6.5% as of 2013-14. See the chart below: The full item is at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/nov11/f5.pdf This will not be the last increase for either the employee or the employer contribution. No help from the state in sight. Au contraire:
Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury-News 11-26-11 Student protesters with the Occupy movement will converge on four UC campuses Monday morning to vent their fury at a meeting of the regents, with demonstrators in Davis attempting a campuswide shutdown. The meeting, rescheduled after cancellation earlier this month because of threats of violence and vandalism, now includes a one-hour slot for student voices and other public comment, increased from the usual 20 minutes. The regents will be spread out in four locations — San Francisco, Davis, Los Angeles, and Merced — and conduct the meeting by teleconference… Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_19419961 Above: In…
Update from yesterday’s post:That was then:
…So we will continue yesterday’s theme… albeit with a little music: Even on the Master Plan!
Eat what you like – but hold the pepper.
Excerpts from recent Milken Institute report: …While California has performed relatively well in retaining its highly skilled workers, this shouldn’t give the state license to sit back and relax, especially when competition for talent is increasingly fierce. …California’s share of high-tech employment has been declining for two decades… The report concludes: HIGHER EDUCATION: California excels in the quality and capacity of its higher education institutions. They serve as the cradle of home-grown human capital and are key to keeping the Golden State competitive. Unfortunately, California’s budget woes have led to tuition hikes and enrollment cuts. An economic turnaround will eventually…
The letter below appears on the blog https://uclafacultyunited.wordpress.com/ in an entry dated Nov. 20. Open Letter to Chancellor Block November 20, 2011 Dear Chancellor Block: In the predawn darkness this past Friday, a large contingent of police arrived on campus to remove a group of students who were peacefully protesting tuition increases, student loan debt, and the collapse of public funding for the University of California. In an act of civil disobedience, 14 students chose to ignore an order to disperse and were arrested. Their crime, formally, was to violate a campus policy against camping. But in reality they were…
The UC-Davis chancellor has now apologized for the pepper spray incident last Friday. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that the incident has gone viral with creative images such as the one above on the web. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/pepper-spray-cop-works-his-way-through-art-history/2011/11/21/gIQA4XBmhN_blog.html Below is video of the chancellor’s apology. A story about it is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/22/MNK71M2548.DTL As noted in last night’s blog post, instead of trying to regain “control” via crisis management techniques, it would be nice if the Regents and the powers-that-be at UC focused instead on the ongoing UC budget emergency. Please see last night’s blog posting for a link to the UCLA…
Regent chair Lansing with a message to UC community 2011-11-21 UC Board of Regents chair Sherry Lansing says in a video statement that she is “shocked and appalled” by the images of police actions during recent student protests at UC Berkeley and UC Davis. Lansing supports UC President Mark Yudof’s effort to review systemwide procedures so that students can engage in peaceful protests. “We regents share your passion and your conviction for the University of California,” Lansing says. “We want all of you to know that we fully and unequivocally support your right to protest peacefully.” Lansing also invites the…
