The California Legislative Analyst has a nice chart showing budget priorities for the state over the past decade with higher ed a clear laggard. It is at: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzVLYPK7QI_4ODUzM2YzYzMtYmEzZS00MzE…
What are the risks in UC turning to the federal government for funding? Is UC Davis really a national university? Read on…. “As California tightens purse strings, UC turns to Uncle Sam” by Laurel Rosenhall Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009, Sacramento Bee This article outlines what the federal government has given to UC to help bail the system out of the current budget crisis and what UC wants in the future. In the current budget year, $700 million in federal stimulus funds went to UC to fill the gap in state funding as well as millions of federal dollars that fund…
Sept. 23, 2009 More About Cal Grants On the FA Blogspot (www.uclafacultyassociation@blogspot.com) , we posted an interview with Tom Campbell, who is running for Governor. He is a former state legislator, former congressman, with a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He taught economics at Stanford U and was dean of the UC Berkeley business school. He proposes using Cal Grants to improve funding to UC. Cal Grants are awarded by the State to high school seniors to cover the costs of fees, tuition, and living expenses. There are…
AAUP Response to the letter from Henry Powell & Daniel L. Simmons AAUP general secretary Gary Rhoades and AAUP president Cary Nelson respond below to the Sept. 9, 2009 letter (http://senate.ucr.edu/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20UC%20Faculty%20From%20the%20AAUP.pdf) from Henry C. Powell, Chair, UC Assembly and Academic Council, and Daniel L. Simmons, Vice-Chair, Academic Council: September 21, 2009 Henry C. Powell, Chair Assembly and Academic Council, University of California henry.powell@ucop.edu Daniel L. Simmons, Vice-Chair Academic Council daniel.simmons@ucop.edu Dear Professors Powell and Simmons, Thank you for taking the time to provide an extensive response, as Chair and Vice-Chair of the UC Academic Council, to our open letter (to University of California faculty,…
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…
