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Tuition Hunger Strike at CSU

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[Excerpt] Students at six Cal State University campuses have vowed to fast until university leaders agree to freeze tuition, roll back administrative and executive salaries and meet other demands. Members of Students for Quality Education said Friday that the hunger strike will begin Wednesday and involve 13 students at the Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge, Sacramento and San Bernardino campuses… Cal State officials said Friday that no decisions have been made on whether to intervene in the hunger strike. The students don’t appear to have a clear understanding of the issues, said spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp. For example, campus presidents…

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Listen to Remaining Audio of Regents Meeting of March 29, 2012

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A previous post on this blog noted that a defective file had been received for the third day session of the Regents after the Public Comments period.  Only part of that session was posted as a result, although it did include the decision officially to withdraw implementation of an exemption from the IRS pension cap.  The complete recording has now been received.  It includes the portion previous posted plus discussion of private budgetary support and fund raising, political advocacy including a request by students to support the governor’s tax initiative scheduled for the November ballot.  There was also discussion of…

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LA Times is Yes and No on Legislation to Lower Tuition

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The LA Times today is unhappy with proposed legislation that would change corporate taxes and raise money for lowering public higher ed tuition. (Excerpt) …SB 1500 and 1501, by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) would …eliminat(e) a tax loophole for businesses and us(e) the resulting revenue to provide large scholarships to middle-class students in the state’s public colleges and universities, (and) reduc(e) their tuition costs by two-thirds… We can think of more pressing needs than tuition relief for families earning between $80,000 and $150,000, and no doubt so can Pérez. A properly funded welfare-to-work program, for example, or…

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The Story So Far: Tuition, Ballot Propositions, Hotel, Japanese Garden, Pepper Spray, and More

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Yours truly tried to get a decent recording of the Regents public comment session this morning. Unfortunately, an aging office computer produced such a low quality recording that I will summarize below in writing: Prior to the public comment period, President Yudof said he intended to endorse the governor’s tax initiative and would ask the Regents to do so.  After the comment period, Academic Council chair Bob Anderson noted that faculty members are voting on a memorial to the Regents asking them to endorse ballot propositions that provide funding to the university.  (The memorial does not designate a particular initiative.)…

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Tax Plan to Lower Tuition But…

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Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez is drumming up public support for legislation touted as a billion-dollar relief plan for college students that is sure to be a Democratic centerpiece this year…  While saving students money, Pérez’s plan would raise taxes on out-of-state companies like Detroit automakers and cigarette-maker Altria by requiring that multistate companies calculate tax liability based on the portion of sales in California…  The Assembly leader said his billion-dollar plan would cut fees by two-thirds for families earning under $150,000 per year – from $5,970 to $1,970 at California State Universities, and from $12,192 to $4,023 at the University of California… Full story at http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/03/john-a-perez-launches-fight-to-alter-tax-formula-for-scholarships.html Note: The plan…

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Tuition Comparison Shopping

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Inside Higher Ed today pointed to an article from the San Jose Mercury-News noting that for certain families, it’s cheaper to go to Harvard than to CSU or UC.  The issue is complicated.  Not all private universities offer the reductions in sticker price tuition that Harvard does (and not everyone gets into private universities that do). An interesting question is what happens at lower incomes than the $130,000 family income cited in the article.  Public universities and privates (if they have the resources) can lower tuition to zero.  Publics may have more problems in giving the full ride (tuition, housing,…

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UC Tuition: His Way or the Conway?

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The photo shows Assembly Speaker John Pérez talking to GOP minority leader Connie Conway.  Given the excerpt below from today’s online San Francisco Chronicle, let’s hope he is being super-persuasive. ==============Excerpt: California students from middle-income families would receive massive breaks on tuition and fees at the state’s colleges and universities under legislation Assembly Speaker John Pérez plans to introduce today at the Capitol.  Under the plan, undergraduate students from families with household income of less than $150,000 would have their tuition and fees cut by two-thirds, bringing the cost below what it was nearly a decade ago.  It would amount…

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The 2009 “Toolbox” Report and the Japanese Garden (& Other Issues)

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Given the ongoing budget crisis, UCLA formed a task force to look at various revenue-generating options.  The report of the task force is dated April 24, 2009.  Among the possibilities considered was the sale of various properties including the Japanese Garden.  The report indicates that consultations with the state Attorney General were underway well before the 2010 court decision that permitted the sale, even though it was inconsistent with the existing terms of the donation.The report explores other areas such as faculty pay, fund raising, “branding,” and tuition.  You can read the full report at the link below (scroll towards…

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“That Which Cannot Go on Forever Must Come to an End”

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So said Herbert Stein, who was President Nixon’s chief economist for a time.  He wasn’t speaking about rising tuition back then.  However, President Obama’s remarks on rising university tuition at the State of the Union address – which were roughly along those lines – continue to generate controversy.Inside Higher Ed today has a long piece on responses in the U.S. Senate.  The article concludes with:  Perhaps sensing a popular cause to champion with an election looming, senators in both parties seemed eager to continue discussions on how to hold down college prices.  Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, promised…

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Regents Will Consider UC-Riverside Student Plan for Alternative to Tuition in March

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Back in 1967, the Regents were curious about the goings on in the Los Alamos Nuclear Lab aas the photo on the left shows.  According to a report in today’s Inside Higher Ed, the Regents’ curiosity this March will focus on a plan (reported in an earlier blog post) by UC-Riverside students for an alternative to tuition. Essentially, the students’ plan would involve payment after graduation as a share of income rather than the current system of upfront payment, either in cash or through a loan.  The proposal is not a new idea.  And it raises issues of logistics, i.e.,…