UC on Wall Street: Another Reason Your Tuition Goes Up Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) Professor of Political and Social Thought, UCSC (Download a PDF of this document. This is a summary of a longer piece.) How does UC sell $1.3 billion in construction bonds immediately after declaring an “extreme financial…
An Open Letter to UC Students From Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF of this document is also available.) As students, you pay tuition in order to get an education at UC, and you know that the Regents plan to raise your…
An Open Letter to UC Students From Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (Download a PDF version of this document or view a one page summary.) As students, you pay tuition in order to get an education at UC, and you know that the…
Is the privatization of UC just part of a national trend beyond the control of UC leadership and Governor Schwarzenegger? No. In a September 27, 2009, New York Times interview UC President Mark Yudof was asked: “UC is facing a budget shortfall of at least $753 million, largely because of cuts in state financing. Do…
UCOP’s press release: The University of California Commission on the Future will meet for the first time on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Community Center. The commission was created by Board of Regents Chairman Russell S. Gould to help ensure excellence, innovation and access to opportunity across the UC system amid…
(Download PDF for printing) Why are student fees skyrocketing at the same time courses are being cut and faculty and staff furloughed, reducing classes and services to students? Throughout his term in office, Governor Schwarzenegger has cut state support for higher education and sought to shift most of its costs to its immediate users: students and their…
The issue of executive compensation at UC and CSU is regularly in the news, with top salaries, “stipends,” and other perks for leaders increasing at the same time that student fees climb, quality erodes, and faculty and staff salaries backslide. Also the rate of growth of administrator ranks compared to the rate of growth of…
August 10, 2009 Dear UC President Yudof and President of the Board of Regents Gould, As officers of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and Chairs of several campus Faculty Associations, we see great value in your plan to appoint a Commission to develop a vision for the future of the University…
George Lakoff Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley A pdf version of this report is available. I have been asked by colleagues to comment on the impending privatization of the University of California. Among the suggestions are that UC campuses should take more out-of-state students in order to get their higher tuitions, or that tuition…
Stanton Glantz Professor of Medicine, UCSF Former Chair, UC Committee on Planning and Budget August 7, 2009 A PDF version of this report is available. The primary focus of budget policymaking is the Governor, not the Legislature. The University of California Office of the President’s (UCOP) strategy for setting the budget has been to cut…