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Harmonic Disturbance: Harman’s Pension Bill Explicitly Includes UC
Byadmin February 23, 2011

SENATE BILL No. 689 Introduced by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) February 18, 2011 An act to add and repeal Section 7503.1 of the Government Code, relating to public retirement systems. Legislative counsel’s digest: SB 689, as introduced, Harman. Public retirement systems. Existing law requires all state and local public retirement systems to prepare an annual report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The bill would, until January 1, 2016, require all state and local public retirement systems to file an annual report with the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office that would include specified…

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Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming
Byadmin February 23, 2011

Readers of this blog know that UCLA has a plan to demolish the current Faculty Center and replace it with a conference center/hotel complex. Information on this issue – apart from prior blog entries – is available at http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/FAQs.htm At that link, you can find pro and arguments concerning the project. Added info is that an Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Faculty Center has petitioned the Faculty Center to hold a vote of the membership on the question: Should the Faculty Center be torn down and be replaced by a Convention Center/Hotel and Faculty Club? Yes or No?Arguments for…

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UCLA History: Construction of Medical Complex
Byadmin February 22, 2011

Chancellor Murphy, Coach Wooden, and Regent Pauley begin construction of the UCLA medical complex in 1964.

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Presidents Day Report: Party of Lincoln Pushes Change in Public Pensions to Defined Contribution
Byadmin February 21, 2011

As we have noted repeatedly, it’s potentially not over with regard to the UC pension. A ballot proposition could easily override the Regents’ action that was taken last December. The article below notes that pensions have become the negotiating point on the state budget and getting the governor’s proposed tax extensions on the ballot. Brown’s Countdown, Day 43: State pension cuts pushed (excerpts) Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, Feb. 21, 2011 Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hailed pension cuts last year as a major reform after Democrats and state worker unions agreed to concessions that ended a record-long budget stalemate. But Republican…

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UCLA History: Former President Receives Honorary Degree
Byadmin February 20, 2011

As we approach Presidents Day, it goes without saying that Washington and Lincoln knew nothing about UCLA. However, UCLA did award an honorary PhD to former President Eisenhower (shown with then-Chancellor Franklin Murphy – center – and UC President Clark Kerr -right) in April 1965. (The date has also been reported as 1963. Anyone want to research the correct date?) The building in the background is Kerckhoff Hall.

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UCLA History: Ernest Moore
Byadmin February 19, 2011

Ernest Carroll Moore, shown above, was named as director of the Southern Branch of the University of California when it was created at the Vermont Avenue campus. A view of that campus appears below Moore’s photo. Moore in fact headed the prior state normal school at that location which was converted into what became UCLA. He oversaw the move to the current Westwood site in the late 1920s. His title was eventually changed to “provost” and he served until 1936. Moore Hall at UCLA is named for him.

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UCLA History: Bus Tickets
Byadmin February 18, 2011

Bus tickets for students to get to UCLA in 1960. Note that neither the Santa Monica Freeway nor the San Diego Freeway were in operation at that time.

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LAO | tuition

LAO Suggests Higher Ed Affordability Issue Needs to Refocus Away from Annual Tuition Sticker Price
Byadmin February 17, 2011

In testimony before the Assembly Higher Ed committee, LAO spokesperson Judy Heiman presented an overview of financial aid and affordability in California higher ed. The presentation was low key, reviewing various programs such as Cal Grants. With regard to tuition, she suggested that the legislature has been overly focused on the sticker price of annual tuition. One of the bullet points on her charts reads: Shifting policy focus away from “How can we minimize the price students pay, no matter the cost to the state?” and toward “How can we make a quality postsecondary education affordable?” Another suggestion involves varying…

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Things to Come for UC?: Wisconsin Debates Separating Madison Campus from Others in System
Byadmin February 17, 2011

Insider Higher Ed reports today on the apparent efforts of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to separate from the larger multi-campus system over the objections of the systemwide president. The chancellor is quoted as saying, “In my view, it is dangerous not only for UW-Madison, but for the entire System and the state to have the System administration and the regents oppose the possibility that its flagship campus, or any other campus, be given the tools it needs to preserve quality and contribute to economic recovery…” The article with links to various related items is at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/17/qt#251537 Well,…

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governor | politics | State Budget

Where Is the Budget? Gov. Brown Is Having Diffculty With His Own Party
Byadmin February 17, 2011

California voters last November approved a change in the state constitution allowing budgets to be passed with a simple majority vote. As prior posts noted, it appears that Gov. Brown’s budget, while it can be passed with a simple majority, is linked to a ballot proposition that will likely need a 2/3 vote. But put aside the 2/3 problem for a moment. As of now, it is not clear that Brown can get a majority vote for the budget itself, even though both houses of the legislature are controlled by Democrats. The TV ad below is a good illustration of…

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Harmonic Disturbance: Harman’s Pension Bill Explicitly Includes UC

Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming

UCLA History: Construction of Medical Complex

Presidents Day Report: Party of Lincoln Pushes Change in Public Pensions to Defined Contribution

UCLA History: Former President Receives Honorary Degree

UCLA History: Ernest Moore

UCLA History: Bus Tickets

LAO Suggests Higher Ed Affordability Issue Needs to Refocus Away from Annual Tuition Sticker Price

Things to Come for UC?: Wisconsin Debates Separating Madison Campus from Others in System

Where Is the Budget? Gov. Brown Is Having Diffculty With His Own Party

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