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Nice Profile in LA Times of Prof. Don Shoup & His Campaign Against Free Parking

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The LA Times today profiled Urban Planning Prof. Don Shoup whose book on “The High Cost of Free Parking” is widely cited, including this nice photo. As a previous post has noted, Prof. Shoup has also campaigned against parking on sidewalks around UCLA. The article is at http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-1016-shoup-20101016,0,4071324,full.story An interesting local observation from the profile: In Shoup’s view, Old Pasadena and Westwood Village illustrate the effects of different parking policies. In 1993, Old Pasadena installed $1-an-hour meters and began using the revenue to spruce things up. Many area employees who had parked on the street and moved their vehicles every…

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UCLA Blog Reports Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Has Been Added to Google-Transit

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Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus is a major transit line into UCLA. For some reason, it was not included in Google’s public transit information until now. UCLA’s official “Be a Green Commuter” blog reports this problem has been resolved. See: http://www.beagreencommuter.com/blog/?p=2716

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Applied Semantics: UCLA Senate Considers “Fees” vs. “Tuition”

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Academic Senate to vote on renaming ‘fees’ to ‘tuition’ (except) Kelly Zhou, Daily Bruin, 10/13/10 The UCLA Academic Senate will vote this week on a UC-wide proposal to officially change the term “educational fees” to “tuition,” which would clarify a confusing term for many students in the UC system. All UC campuses are currently evaluating the proposal, said Ann Karagozian, chair of the Academic Senate. After the schools provide input on the proposal, the Systemwide Academic Senate will make a recommendation by Oct. 22 to the UC Office of the President, according to Undergraduate Council Vice Chair Richard Weiss. “My…

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Audio of UCLA Academic Senate Forum on Post-Employment Benefits: 10-14-10

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Audio is now available of the UCLA Academic Senate forum on Post-Employment Benefits and the various options for the pension system and retiree health care. Cellphone photo from the forum is at the left. The audio (video with a still picture) is divided into seven parts due to time limits of Yahoo-video. Participants were Chancellor Block (welcoming remarks), Senate Chair Ann Karagozian, Chair of the campus Council on Planning and Budget David Lopez, Chair of the campus Committee on Faculty Welfare Shane White, and VC for Finance, Budget, and Capital Programs Steve Olsen. Click on the various parts below. PEB…

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Out of Time? How Detailed a PEB Review Will UCLA Have on October 14?

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UC-Santa Cruz’s Academic Senate presented its program on the recommendations of the Post-Employment Benefits (PEB) Task Force. As noted in a prior posting, UCLA has its session scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 14, 10 AM, Royce Hall. The Santa Cruz program apparently featured a detailed and extensive set of slides, available at http://senate.ucsc.edu/PEB/CFW%20PEB%2017CFWslides0920.pdf If you click on that link, you will see that the slides are complicated as they work through the implications of the various pension options. They could not have been presented in a brief time period and must have been accompanied by a detailed oral narration. It is…

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Gimme Five! Just When the Focus is on 3-Year Undergrad Degrees, Some Like 5

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The Daily Bruin has an article today with students who are in the fifth year pointing to advantages. However, the UCOF report has led to discussion of expedited 3-year degrees, perhaps with online instruction. Excerpt: For James Aboagye and Rosa Magana, this summer was one of traveling, adventure and serious decision-making. The students got the opportunity to study in Ghana together for two months because they both decided to remain at UCLA for a fifth year. They are part of a large number of fifth-years who take an extra year not only to finish up classes but also to take…

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UCLA Research on Cruise Uncontrol

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Mal de debarquement, marked by a constant swaying sensation, can follow a boat or plane trip: Research at UCLA seeks answers (excerpts) Sonja Bjelland, Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2010 Amanda Coronado wakes up every morning wondering whether she’ll be able to walk out of her bedroom. It’s almost impossible on a bad day. The world is moving too much for her to keep her balance. “I can’t just go for a run,” she said. “I can hardly find my feet.” During the first week of August, Coronado took a cruise along the Mexican coast. Since stepping off the ship,…

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The Creeping Michigan Model at UCLA

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Part of the so-called Michigan Model, sometimes called high tuition/high aid, involves recruitment of out-of-state students who pay full tuition. The article below indicates it is coming slowly to UCLA. UCLA recruits nonresidents: University to actively seek increased enrollment of high-paying international and out-of-state students (excerpt) Devin Kelly, Daily Bruin, 10/1/10 Word-of-mouth drew Meng Cui to UCLA, its basketball legends and reputation of high-level education. Raised in China, schooled in Singapore, the first-year math economics student did all of his own research before applying last fall. “UCLA is famous in China,” Cui said. But the university is no longer banking…