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

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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…

Governor Vetoes Bill Concerning Disclosure of Campus Foundation Information

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Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have made UC and CSU campus fundraising foundations more “transparent.” It originated in a controversy over payment to Sarah Palin for speaking at a fundraiser for CSU-Stanislaus. The veto message is below and also at http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z65dg7ivka5nt3/0/0?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z65p1zm6c0d0km&_ce=1285940017.3ee23edd36312a2e65a4379f82364fb4 The text of the vetoed bill is at http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_330_bill_20100819_enrolled.html

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UCLA Anderson Self Sufficiency Plan Getting Media Attention

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In an earlier post, initial media reports of the UCLA Anderson School’s plan to move away from state funding (“self sufficiency”) were noted. Since that time, there has been a jump in media attention. A public radio report is the latest. You can hear it by clicking on the video (really an audio) below. UPDATE: Coverage in the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-bizschool-20100909,0,1340589.story Coverage in Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/blogs/mba_admissions/archives/2010/09/ucla_anderson_says_no_to_state_aid.htmlCoverage in LA Business Journal http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/sep/07/ucla-anderson-become-more-self-sufficient/

“Transparency” Bill Would Affect UC Campus Foundations

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Bill aims to increase transparency at UC, CSU (excerpts from full article) By ROBIN HINDERY, Associated Press Writer August 16, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle (08-16) 17:29 PDT Sacramento, Calif. (AP) — Foundations and auxiliary organizations linked to California’s public colleges and universities would be subject to increased scrutiny under a bill approved Monday by the state Assembly. Lawmakers voted unanimously to require those organizations to comply with the California Public Records Act. A loophole in the law previously has allowed the nonprofits to bypass the disclosure requirements that apply to higher education institutions. In a 2001 case involving Fresno State…