A public town hall entitled The Case for Tuition Free Higher Education – with a focus on the $66 Fix – was held in late February by the Progressive Democrats of America – California. The white paper on which much of the presentation was based is available online at: https://66fix.org/policy-paper/ And the recording is now…
A college education was once free for California residents. That’s right, during the post-WWII era, the greatest public university system in the history of the world cost nothing to attend. Californian prosperity skyrocketed during that era. What was great for California then will be great for California (and other states) now. Come learn how tuition-free…
Just as fierce battles waged for endorsements in the races for Governor and US Senator, the California Democratic Party passed its 2018 platform on Sunday that would make California first-in-the-nation to support fully tuition-free public colleges for all. The platform states that the California Democratic Party supports a return to the Master Plan of 1960…
From: http://dailynexus.com/2017-10-05/48-fix-a-s-supports-plan-that-could-make-higher-education-free/ $48 Fix: A.S. Supports Plan That Could Make Higher Education Free The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate unanimously voted at Wednesday’s meeting to support the “$48 Fix,” a plan to make higher education free for California college students. The resolution acts as a directive for the office of the A.S. president and external vice…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact: Amy Hines-Shaikh Director, Reclaim Higher Education Coalition Tel: (562) 201-9243 Contact: Jonathan Abboud Vice President, Santa Barbara CCD Board of Trustees Tel: (310) 734 9791 California Democratic Party Endorses Tuition-Free Public College “$48 Fix” Can Make Higher Ed Accessible to All – And Alleviate Student Debt Crisis SACRAMENTO,…
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…
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…
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…