UC budget crisis

Pay to View at Once-Free UC-Berkeley Archive

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(Scroll down to bold) UC water archive to leave Berkeley campus, go to two campuses in south state By Mike Taugher Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/19/2010 04:36:49 PM PDTUpdated: 07/19/2010 05:25:01 PM PDT The West’s premier archive of historical materials about water development is being moved from UC Berkeley to two universities in Southern California.The Water Resources Center Archives, a unique collection of technical reports, speeches, photographs and other historical materials, has been housed at the Berkeley campus for more than a half-century.However, budget worries and concerns that the Agriculture and Natural Resources Division of the UC president’s office lacked…

LA Times: UC gets smarter about budget cuts

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LA Times Editorial http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-uc-20100720,0,4866950.story UC gets smarter about budget cutsCentralizing some administration and allowing more out-of-state and foreign students will help the University of California weather decreased revenue. July 20, 2010 Dwindling state funding has presented the University of California with a menu of unappetizing options during the past few years. Its first efforts to cover the gap were clumsy, harming students as well as its prestigious reputation. This year, university officials have gotten smarter about surviving the recession intact. With the state unable to fund the number of California students who should be accepted, according to the Master Plan…

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New financial pain looms for UC students

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By Max Theiler | 07/15/10 12:00 AM PST Capitol Weekly Excerpts. Full article at: http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?1=1&_c=yzk5vwloidx0g9&xid=yzifhi2muolcu1&done=.yzk3mmcvqdh13b&_ce=1279208748.fe8f8ced55ac328265bddf5f6baa3706&_c=yzk5vwloidx0g9 …UC is set to raise student fees an additional 15 percent for both graduates and undergraduates when classes begin in September. On top of last January’s 15 percent increase, the new fee hike means resident undergraduates will be paying 32 percent more in fees for their education than they were a year ago – a boost of $1,334 per quarter.…In its 2010-11 budget request, UC said it would “revisit fee levels for 2010-11” if state funding requests were met. The Legislature has approved the governor’s…

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Moving Towards the “Michigan Model”?

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UC freshmen to include record number of out-of-state and international studentsSuch undergraduates will rise from 6% to over 8% of the class. The change is concentrated mainly at UC Berkeley and UCLA.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-enroll-20100715,0,2160250.story Note: The “Michigan Model” is generally seen as high tuition/high aid with out-of-state students paying full freight and cross-subsidizing a discount for state residents. The local term seems to be “self sufficiency” as in: Chancellor Block: UCLA must be more self-sufficient http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/block-ucla-must-be-more-self-sufficient-149310.aspx

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UC Merced med school? Now?

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Support for UC Merced med school grows: Valley groups want program despite tough times. Posted at 12:52 AM on Friday, Jul. 09, 2010By Barbara Anderson / The Fresno Bee A proposed medical school at the UC Merced has overwhelming support in the San Joaquin Valley, with a growing coalition pushing to get money to build the school in tough economic times, a report released today shows. “The Valley has embraced this project, this initiative,” said Bryn Forhan, a Fresno businesswoman and chairwoman of the Valley Coalition for UC Merced Medical School. At community meetings held last year in nine counties…

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Proposal for a new faculty pay plan based on med school model

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Below is a link to a document from a joint senate-administration committee on faculty pay. The thrust of it is a plan to apply a med-school type compensation plan to other faculty, essentially a base state salary with supplements paid out of research grants or non-state sources. The document recognizes that for many non-med faculty, such grants/sources will not be available. I checked with UCOP to be sure this is not a confidential document before posting it. http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzVLYPK7QI_4MjBmYjJjOGUtOWYzZi00MjBlLWI4NDctMDQ4YjNiZTM5OWMy&hl=en&authkey=CMv_4-AO

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Somewhat dueling ballot initiatives for November

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Various propositions will be on the November ballot with implications for the state budget – and, therefore, the UC budget. One would eliminate the 2/3 super-majority vote required to pass the budget and change it to a simple majority. It would not change the 2/3 requirement for raising taxes. (The 2/3 vote on budgets goes back to the Great Depression; the 2/3 vote on taxes was part of Prop 13 of 1978.) But another initiative would impose the 2/3 requirement on raising “fees.” The fee vs. tax distinction is not always clear and has provided some wiggle room for the…

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Video of Discussion of Master Plan 6-16-10

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President Yudof and his counterparts at CSU and the community colleges discussed the Master Plan at a session at the Commonwealth Club on June 16, 2010. No shocking statements. Yudof, towards the end of the hour-plus session, did give some support to the 3-year undergrad degree concept. Available for viewing by clicking on the video below:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-NZP7qRyWs&fs=1&hl=en_US]

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Selected non-YouTube audios and videos from discontinued savingUCLA website

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Selected non-YouTube audios and videos from the discontinued savingUCLA website are available below. Click on the links below. Note: Audios are actually videos with a still picture. Originally, these audios/videos were moved to video-Yahoo. As a post in December 2010 indicated, video-Yahoo is discontiuing its service. (Yahoo is in commercial decline due to competition from Google, YouTube, etc.) . So the files were transitioned to Facebook. In some cases, the audio is poor, either because it was poor originally or because the files were saved in a way that limited the quality. I have originals in some cases that are…

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Selected YouTube references transferred from the discontinued savingUCLA website

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Selected YouTube references transferred from the discontinued savingUCLA website are listed below. To view the videos, click on the links or paste the URL for your selection into your web browser.–Dan Mitchell The 2010-11 Budget: Overview of the May Revision by LAOhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hNfgYd0sxc State Senate Pres Steinberg says no $$ increase for higher edhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpR9TgsXlDg Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Proposes to Raise Higher Education Funding by Cutting Prison Costshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O16BJStl9bc U of California President Mark Yudof on the Master Plan: Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnlD5BBxmwg U of California President Mark Yudof on the Master Plan: Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDTGeKzzgRI Former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young on the Master Plan for…