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Parking Coincidence

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You might be surprised to learn from the powers-that-be in parking (who say that “YOUR FEEDBACK” is so important to them – that’s what their latest memo says) that the May 6, 2011 final parking rate increases look remarkably like the April 6, 2011 proposed increases. Who would have thought there would have been such similarity? May 6: Open publication – Free publishing – More parking April 6: Open publication – Free publishing – More parking The similarity can only be a coincidence, I’m sure. P.S.: Don’t park on the sidewalk. http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/05/illegally_apronparked_cars_in_the_north_village_receive_citations_warning_of_future_tickets

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Chancellor Block Radio Interview on the UCLA Budget

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On May 4, Chancellor Gene Block was interviewed on “Which Way LA?” concerning the UCLA and higher ed budget. He had written an op ed in the LA Times with the charge that folks in the legislature who had benefited personally from subsidized California educations were not adequately providing funding now. In his radio interview, he took a softer line. You can hear the program at the link below. The Block portion runs from minute 7 to minute 14:17:

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Half Right

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UCLA researchers surmised about bin Laden’s hideout (excerpt): 5/3/11 Two years before al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was discovered in a fortified compound not far from Pakistan’s capital, a team of U.S. researchers and undergraduate students took up the search as part of an academic exercise. Their concept turned out to be generally accurate, although their target was off the mark. Using satellite imagery and fundamental principles of geography, the group at the University of California, Los Angeles predicted that the mastermind of the 2001 terrorist attacks was probably hiding not in the rugged mountains, but inside a walled compound…

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Hot Potato?

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The Assn. of American Universities (AAU) is a organization with major research universities as its members including UCLA. Its current president, Robert Berdahl, is a past chancellor of UC-Berkeley. UC-Berkeley is a member. Davis, Irvine, San Diego, and Santa Barbara are also members. On March 31, the AAU issued the press release below with other organizations concerning the federal deficit. (This is not a timely piece of information; yours truly just stumbled on it, a month late.) Also a signatory to the document is the Assn. of Public and Land-Grant Universities which includes the UC campuses above plus Santa Cruz…

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UCLA Data Source

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The chart above (data for Fall 2009) is one of many charts and tables for UCLA available from the National Center for Educational Statistics. Below is an example of a table: Full-time beginning undergraduate students at UCLA who received Title IV aid by income: 2008-09 Income Average net price* $0 – $30,000 $7,495 $30,001 – $48,000 $8,331 $48,001 – $75,000 $13,190 $75,001 – $110,000 $19,706 $110,001 and more $22,971 All incomes $12,752 *Net price includes living costs, whether on or off campus, including living with family for those off campus. Obviously, the data above appeared with a lag. But you…

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Physical Capital vs. Human Capital

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The LA Times today carries a story suggesting that not all major gifts in higher ed need to go to building new structures. Aid to students – which for UC and UCLA becomes more crucial as the sticker price of tuition rises – is an alternative. Any lessons for UCLA fundraising? Read on! Couple donates $110 million for USC undergraduate scholarships: John Mork, a USC alumnus and trustee who made a fortune in the oil industry, says the gift will ‘allow the very best kids to get a degree at USC, whether they can afford it or not.’ Buried in…