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Two Unclear Issues in the Yudof Pension Proposal Clarified
Byadmin October 27, 2010

Our previous post reproduced the letter from President Yudof explaining what he will be recommending to the Regents in mid-November regarding changes in the UC retirement system. (The Regents are expected to make their formal decision in December.) In one sense, the letter was no surprise since it recommended a lower-tier pension for new hires of the defined-benefit variety. Essentially, Yudof is opting for a version of what has been previous termed Option C, a defined-benefit plan that is NOT “integrated” with Social Security (as Options A and B were). The letter, however, makes no mention of the proposal that…

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Letter to UC from President Yudof about proposed changes to UC retirement benefits
Byadmin October 26, 2010

October 26, 2010 Dear Colleagues: I am writing to share with you the recommendations I plan to discuss in November with the UC Board of Regents about changes to the University’s post-employment benefits programs. When I established the Post Employment Benefits Task Force, I made clear that the proposed changes needed to satisfy two critical objectives: Help address our financial challenges, and preserve good post employment benefits in support of UC’s commitment to excellence and in recognition of the vital role our faculty and staff play in the quality and delivery of UC’s service to the public. I believe these…

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Credit Card Deals and the University
Byadmin October 26, 2010

An article in today’s Insider Higher Ed notes that the Federal Reserve has made available info on deals between credit card issuers and universities. Above is a table from the Fed’s report showing some information on the UC-systemwide alumni group and UCLA and their deals with credit card firms. It isn’t as legible as I would like but you can get the report including the table above at http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/rptcongress/creditcard/2010/downloads/CCAP_October_web.pdf An excerpt from the article in Insider Higher Ed: Credit Card Companies Pay Millions to Colleges (excerpt) Inside Higher Ed, October 26, 2010 Credit card companies made more than $83 million…

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Putting a Price on Professors
Byadmin October 26, 2010

Putting a Price on Professors: A battle in Texas over whether academic value can be measured in dollars and cents (excerpt) Wall St. Journal, 10/22/10, Stephanie Simon and Stephanie Banchero A 265-page spreadsheet, released last month by the chancellor of the Texas A&M University system, amounted to a profit-and-loss statement for each faculty member, weighing annual salary against students taught, tuition generated, and research grants obtained. Ms. Johnson came out very much in the black; in the period analyzed—fiscal year 2009—she netted the public university $279,617. Some of her colleagues weren’t nearly so profitable. Newly hired assistant professor Charles Criscione,…

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Final Report from Committee on the Future (Except It is a Draft)
Byadmin October 26, 2010

There is now a draft report on the UCOP website – entitled DRAFT final report (so it is final but still a draft?) – from the UC Committee on the Future. There are not a lot of surprises. Recommendations are included to speed up undergrad degrees, make transfers easier from community colleges, pursue online education, change the word fee to tuition, have cohort-based tuition schedules, achieve more efficiencies, do more fund raising, wring more money out of grants, have more out-of-state students who pay full freight, etc. Maybe the most controversial is differential tuition across the campuses. The draft report…

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The Master Plan at 50: Using Distance Education to Increase College Access and Efficiency
Byadmin October 25, 2010

The LAO has a new report out on distance learning in higher education and degree programs under the title above. Below is the Executive Summary of that report. Below that is a video presentation related to the report:Distance Education Provides Additional Tool for Advancing Master Plan’s Goals. Fifty years ago, California adopted the Master Plan for Higher Education, a framework document designed to promote universal access for students and cost–effective coordination among the state’s colleges and universities. At the time, postsecondary education generally required students to travel to a campus for in–person classes with an instructor. Today, many students have…

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Important message regarding the likely recommendations of President Yudof regarding the UC pension
Byadmin October 25, 2010

Important message regarding the likely recommendations of President Yudof regarding the UC pension. Please note the last sentence (in bold) in the email. Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:17:41 -0700From: Daniel SimmonsSubject: PEB Update Colleagues: There is a light at the end of the PEB tunnel. President Yudof informed me last week that he has reached his decision on the recommendations of the PEB task force recommendations. He will recommend to the Regents that they adopt a modified version of Option C with a consistent 2.5 percent age factor for all employees, an employer contribution of 8.1 percent of covered…

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Islamic Studies at UCLA Going Out of Business?
Byadmin October 25, 2010

UCLA’s ongoing suspension of admissions to Islamic studies worries students: Admissions were frozen in 2007, pending a reorganization. But that hasn’t happened, and students fear that the program could simply be allowed to die. Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2010 For two years, admissions to UCLA’s small Islamic studies program have been frozen, pending a reorganization. Now, students say they fear that the program, among the oldest in the country focused on a scholarly study of Islam, could be shut down. On Friday, several dozen students rallied to support it, gathering outside a meeting of a faculty panel…

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UCLA History: Westwood in Late 1937
Byadmin October 24, 2010

Caption of this photo reads: Panoramic view of Westwood Village on December 13, 1937, taken from Sepulveda Blvd. looking east. The plowed field in the foreground is used for raising lettuce. UCLA can be seen on the extreme left of the photo in the distance. (LA Public Library photo collection)

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UCLA History: Marion Davies Children’s Clinic
Byadmin October 23, 2010

Photo dated Nov. 18, 1959 above shows actress Marion Davies who donated funds for the Marion Davies Children’s Center. Caption reads: Marion Davies, for whom new Marion Davies Children’s Clinic at UCLA Medical Center is to be named, examines architect’s sketch of new facility with Congressman Joe Holt (R-22nd Dist.), left, and UCLA Vice Chancellor William G. Young. Clinic, to be under construction by spring, was made possible by Miss Davies’ gift of $1,900,000 to Medical Center. (From LA Public Library photo collection.) Davies – William Randolph Hearst’s mistress – was not the bimbo depicted in the film “Citizen Kane.”…

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Two Unclear Issues in the Yudof Pension Proposal Clarified

Letter to UC from President Yudof about proposed changes to UC retirement benefits

Credit Card Deals and the University

Putting a Price on Professors

Final Report from Committee on the Future (Except It is a Draft)

The Master Plan at 50: Using Distance Education to Increase College Access and Efficiency

Important message regarding the likely recommendations of President Yudof regarding the UC pension

Islamic Studies at UCLA Going Out of Business?

UCLA History: Westwood in Late 1937

UCLA History: Marion Davies Children’s Clinic

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