Statement The events and aftermath of Charlottesville have revealed the disturbing connection between Alt-Right rhetoric of violence and the very real violence perpetrated by white supremacist groups. This situation bears dangerous parallels with the way fascist movements came to power in 20th-century Europe. Historically, fascism takes root in the public demand for a strong government…
July 6, 2017 Regent Makarechian Chair, Finance and Capital Strategies Committee Office of the Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Regents 1111 Franklin St.12th floor Oakland, CA 94607 Mailed electronically to regentsoffice@ucop.edu for further distribution. Dear Regent Makarechian, We urge you to vote against the proposal to rescind the 70% floor for UC’s contribution…
June 19, 2017 Senator Kevin de León State Capitol, Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 651-4924 Re: Request that the Senate insist that the California Constitution be followed when nominating Regents to the University of California Dear Pro Tem de León, On June 10, 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle published a front page story,…
The Academic Senate of the California State University has endorsed the recommendations in “The $48 Fix.” The full text of their resolution follows: Saving California’s Master Plan Through Tax Reform AS-3285-17/FA (Rev) RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU) endorse the recommendations in “The $48 Fix1: Reclaiming California’s Master Plan for…
February 21, 2017 The Honorable Nancy Skinner State Capitol, Room 2059 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax 916-327-1997 Re: UC Faculty Support SB-201 (Skinner) Dear Senator Skinner, We of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) wish to alert you to the fact that many faculty support SB 201 (Skinner), which would allow UC’s Graduate Student Researchers…
(A PDF of this report — prettier than this web version and suitable for printing — is available. A spreadsheet with all the data and charts in this report is also available.) California’s commitment to its world-acclaimed system of public higher education has declined dramatically since 2000, at tremendous loss to California’s people, economy and…
February 7, 2017 President Janet Napolitano University of California, Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 president@ucop.edu Dear President Napolitano, We applaud your clear denunciation of President Trump’s executive order restricting the ability of individuals from certain countries to re-enter the US as “contrary to the values we hold dear…
Several of the authors presented our policy paper at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Here is how the panel appeared in the meeting’s Program: Reinvigorating California’s Master Plan for Higher Education Henry Reichman, First Vice-President, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine, University of California…
A tuition-free college education in California is possible. A new policy paper released today demonstrates that it is entirely possible today to provide the same accessible, low-cost university experience that California successfully offered its students from the 1960s through the 1990s. The report demonstrates that we can revive the California Master Plan for Higher Education—eliminating…
Here are links to articles that develop from the press event held today to release our policy paper. We will add links below as we come across them: Academe Blog (1/24): The $48 Fix: Reclaiming California’s Master Plan The Turlock Journal (1/24): Report shows how California can achieve tuition free college education Remaking the University…