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April 14th Undergrad UC Budget Protest/Event Announced
Byadmin March 4, 2011

Below is the text of an email received by yours truly announcing an undergraduate-sponsored UC budget protest/event scheduled for April 14: Dear friends, family, and community supporters, This year, the UC Regents passed the fourth consecutive fee increase in the past two years, and as a further blow, Governor Jerry Brown recently released his budget proposal, initiating a massive $500 million cut to the University of California. The University of California used to stand as the model for higher education, but education has clearly fallen in the list of state priorities. It is time that we organize. Small protests and…

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Email Exchange on Faculty Center Issue
Byadmin March 4, 2011

Below is an exchange of emails between Ann Karagozian, chair of the Academic Senate, and various faculty members who wrote to her and others expressing concern about the proposed demolition of the Faculty Center and its replacement by a conference center/hotel. Various document links are noted in the email below. ================================ Dear Prof. Costa and other Senate colleagues, Thank you for your email message, below. As you are aware, the Senate has received a number of presentations from the administration regarding the proposal to build a Residential Conference Center/Faculty Club on the site of the present Faculty Center. Presentations that…

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community colleges | Master Plan | State Budget

Community Colleges Push to Offer 4-Year Degrees, But Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for It to Happen
Byadmin March 3, 2011

Under the 1960 Master Plan, California community colleges were reorganized and given an explicit mission of AA and vocational degrees plus providing the first 2 years of college. Students who could not gain admission to UC or CSU could enter a community college and, if successful in completing the two year program, transfer to a UC or CSU campus. As is well known, the Master Plan has been eroding, certainly on tuition. There has also been some erosion of the notion that PhDs would be offered only at UC. There has been a push by some community colleges to expand…

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miscellaneous | UC

It’s Nice to Be Paid Above the Median; Too Bad Only 50% Can Be
Byadmin March 3, 2011

Some news from the National Bureau of Economic Research: After a court decision on California’s “right to know” law, the Sacramento Bee newspaper established a website in early 2008 that made it possible to search for the salary of any state employee, including both faculty and staff at the University of California (UC). To determine how the availability of such salary information may affect workers’ job satisfaction, researchers David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moretti, and Emmanuel Saez contacted a random subset of employees at three UC campuses, informing them of the existence of this website. A few days later, they…

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privatization | U of Wisconsin

More on the U of Wisconsin Autonomy Story
Byadmin March 2, 2011

As prior posts have noted, while the current big drama in Wisconsin revolves around Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to curtail collective bargaining for public workers, there is a second story in Wisconsin dealing with the U of Wisconsin. In fact, the two stories are joined. Insider Higher Ed pointed yours truly to Gov. Walker’s budget address given yesterday in which he said: Competing globally also means enhancing higher education. To do this we will give our flagship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the tools it needs to remain a world leader in research and instruction – while continuing to be a…

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faculty center | UCLA

LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About Faculty Center Demolition/Replacement Proposal
Byadmin March 2, 2011

The LA Conservancy has expressed concern about the replacement of the Faculty Center. The item below summarizes the organization’s position.UCLA FACULTY CENTER THREATENED The 1959 UCLA Faculty Center, now threatened with demolition. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has proposed a Residential Conference Center project that would demolish the campus’ 1959 Faculty Center. Many nearby residents and members of the faculty oppose the project, including more than 200 people who signed a petition asking the Faculty Center Board of Governors to poll its members to gauge support for the demolition. An ad hoc committee called Save the Faculty Center…

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privatization | State Budget | UC budget crisis

Former Chancellor Young on Modified Self Sufficiency
Byadmin March 2, 2011

The 2011 edition of California Policy Options is now available and contains a chapter by former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young entitled “Policy Options for University of California Budgeting.” Click on the website address below (not the picture on the right) and go to chapter 5 for the Young chapter in which he advocates “modified self sufficiency.” You can also find a chapter on the state budget (chapter 1) by yours truly entitled “Government by (Hot) Checks and (Im)Balances.” Go to http://issuu.com/uclapubaffairs/docs/cpo2011 Other chapters on current California issues are included as well.

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State Budget | UC budget crisis | UC-Davis

Letter to Yudof: UC Davis may ax 500 jobs to cope with budget cuts
Byadmin March 1, 2011

UC Davis may ax 500 jobs to cope with budget cuts Mar. 1, 2011, Sacramento Bee, Laurel Rosenhall UC Davis will probably eliminate 450 to 500 jobs, charge students extra fees and make it harder for California students to be admitted as a result of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut $500 million from the University of California’s statewide budget. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi listed those changes in a letter to UC President Mark Yudof that outlined how the cuts would affect the campus. UC Davis’ plan assumes the campus will face a $107 million shortfall in 2011-12, Katehi…

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State Budget | UC | UC budget crisis

UC Students Stage Disco Demonstration in Sacramento
Byadmin March 1, 2011

The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert has the story today under the title “UC students, supporters flash mob state Capitol” Full story at http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/02/uc-students-supporters-flash-m.html#ixzz1FJjR5gFj The Bee has video:

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UCLA History: Snow
Byadmin February 28, 2011

It snowed at UCLA in January 1932. You can tell your colleagues at other universities that we have weather, too.

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April 14th Undergrad UC Budget Protest/Event Announced

Email Exchange on Faculty Center Issue

Community Colleges Push to Offer 4-Year Degrees, But Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for It to Happen

It’s Nice to Be Paid Above the Median; Too Bad Only 50% Can Be

More on the U of Wisconsin Autonomy Story

LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About Faculty Center Demolition/Replacement Proposal

Former Chancellor Young on Modified Self Sufficiency

Letter to Yudof: UC Davis may ax 500 jobs to cope with budget cuts

UC Students Stage Disco Demonstration in Sacramento

UCLA History: Snow

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