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Hotel/Conference Center Lesson from Our Berkeley Colleagues: What happens when university business plans don’t pan out?

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Inside Higher Ed today pointed me to the article below about the UC-Berkeley stadium that appeared in the Wall St. Journal: (excerpt) As state legislators shrink its appropriations, it’s hard enough for the University of California-Berkeley to maintain the nation’s highest academic ranking among public colleges.  But there now looms a financial threat from another, somewhat unlikely quarter: the university’s football program. Until now, the years-old effort to renovate the school’s football stadium, which sits on an earthquake fault line, never raised many alarms. Although its $321 million price tag would make it one of the most expensive renovations in college…

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It doesn’t seem to add up

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UCLA has been saying that it is admitting more out-of-state and international students (who pay full freight) but not cutting back on in-state admissions.  The latest numbers from UCOP, however, tell a different story.  Here are the latest fall freshmen admissions numbers for UCLA: Fall of          2010       2011       2012——————————————–California       9890      10913       9263Out of State     1819       2313       3049International    1304       2315       3143——————————————–Total           13013  …

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Women in Higher Ed in California

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The Orange County Register produced some charts about women in California from a recent report by Mt. Saint Mary’s College.  Included is the higher ed info above and below. The full article is at: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/girls-349532-california-women.html The report on which it is based is at: http://www.msmc.la.edu/PDFFiles/status-of-women/RSWG-2012-Final-high.pdf Note: Women comprise 54% of undergraduate enrollment at UCLA and 47%  of doctoral enrollment as of Fall 2011.  See: http://www.aim.ucla.edu/enrollment/enrollment_demographics_fall.asp

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No laughing matter

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A kind of performance art project has arrived at UCLA (in front of Royce Hall) and other venues around LA which involves putting colorful pianos around for anyone who cares to play.A web page for the Royce location is athttp://streetpianos.com/la2012/pianos/royce-hall/ Additional info is athttp://www.streetpianos.com/about

Mistake

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From Insider Higher Ed 4-16-12 A professor’s use of a class website at the University of California at (sic) Los Angeles to promote a boycott of Israel has led to a protest and a subsequent finding by the university that his actions were inappropriate, and has raised questions about academic freedom and its interpretation.  The AMCHA Initiative, a California group that focuses on actions it views as anti-Israel, complained to the university in March after it found out about the links that were used last quarter on the official class website of David Shorter, an associate professor in the department…

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Too Much Old Radio?

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The felony charge against a UCLA professor in connection with a fatal lab fire continues.  This blog, in an earlier post, noted another felony case charged against a UCLA political science professor by the Los Angeles District Attorney and questioned whether the criminalization of these matters is appropriate.  The earlier post is at: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/03/da-overreaching.html From today’s Daily Bruin: The formal reading of felony charges in relation to the 2009 death of a UCLA staff research assistant has been postponed for a third time.  UCLA chemistry Professor Patrick Harran, the UC Board of Regents and the Los Angeles County District Attorney were…

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Listen to Audio of Regents Meeting on UCLA Hotel/Conference Center

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The discussion of the proposed UCLA Hotel/Conference Center occurred in two segments of the March 28, 2012 UC Regents meeting.  During the morning public comment period, there was testimony on the hotel by outside interest groups.  In the afternoon at the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, there was a full hearing on the proposal.  As readers of this blog will know, the result was an embarrassment for UCLA.  Committee members asked questions and were dissatisfied with the responses received.  They were unwilling to endorse the proposal and would have sent it without endorsement to the full Board of Regents the…

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Listen to Audio of Testimony at UC Regents on Proposed Sale of UCLA Japanese Garden

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Readers of this blog will known that UCLA has begun the process to sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden located near campus in Bel Air.  At the UC Regents meeting of March 27-29, 2012, there was testimony during the public comment periods of March 28 and March 29. Below is a link to audio of that testimony.

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More Bad Hotel PR for UCLA

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From LA Business Journal: UCLA Expansion Fails to Make Grade With Regents: Board seeks more details on plan for hotel-conference center. Jacquelyn Ryan, April 9, 2012 UCLA’s controversial plan to build a hotel and conference center on its Westwood campus has sustained another setback.  The University of California Board of Regents postponed a decision on the $162 million project at its March 28 meeting after citing concerns about the project’s viability.  The board questioned whether the area would support a new hotel and suggested that the university consider acquiring and repositioning an existing nearby hotel. Specifically, it sought more details…