Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which UCLA-FA is the UCLA chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity to vote on the proposed alliance between the AAUP and the AFT (AFL-CIO) and to fill six open AAUP Council seats. Read her report from the Convention at the CUCFA website.
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/
Tom Campbell, a long-shot Republican candidate for governor, former state legislator, former congressman, lays out his plan for increasing public college enrollment without increasing public spending. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He taught economics at Stanford U and was dean of the UC Berkeley business school. Tom Campbell Q&A Pt. 1: Taxes and fixing the economy, Sept. 17, 2009 Part 1 http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/17/tom-campbell-qa-pt-1-taxes-and-fixing-the-economy/22063/ Campbell Q&A Pt. 2: More college students, smaller classes, Sept. 20, 2009 Part 2 http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/20/campbell-qa-pt-1-more-college-students-smaller-classes/22165/ excerpt: The method I would use for adding…
NEW FUNDING IDEAS NEEDED Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle excerpt: “Here’s some ideas to consider carefully: — Differential pricing. Tier tuition, with the campuses with the most name-brand clout, Berkeley and UCLA, at the top; Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz at mid-range, and Irvine, Merced and Riverside at the low end. — Go overseas: Foreign students already pay premium tuition for a UC education. Recruit more. — Levy an oil severance tax – projected to bring in $1.2 billion a year – and dedicate it to UC and CSU.” For the complete article, go…
