California’s gubernatorial debate on September 28, 2010: Capital Public Radio’s Marianne Russ asked the question we (and others, apparently, as she attributed the question to a UC student) asked her to ask during yesterday’s debate: “As Governor would you roll back all of the funding cuts to the UC, CSU and CC systems, why or why not.” I have not been able to find a transcript of the debate, but I typed up what the two candidates said: Russ: As Governor would you roll back all of the funding cuts to the UC, CSU and CC systems, why or why not. Brown: Would I roll all the fees back Not my first year, with a 19 billion dollar deficit; we [...]
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The American Federation of Teachers at the University of California, the union representing lecturers, created a flyer for students on the budget cuts and the upcoming national day of action in defense of public action on October 7th. You can download by clicking here: Rethink UCB Flyer text: Rethink UC Paying more for less? While student fees skyrocket, programs and courses are slashed. Welcome to UC, your education begins here. Paying more Student fees have increased 300% since 2001. Just last year the UC Regents approved a 32% fee increase, and they are already considering another double-digit increase this year. Getting less Class sizes are increasing. Courses and services are being cut. Students may not be able to graduate on [...]
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The following article was published in the San Francisco Chronicle: Contentious plan for sagging UC pension fund Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 A tidal wave of unfunded retirement obligations that could top $40 billion in four years is washing over the University of California, forcing employees to pay far more for those benefits and threatening students with the possibility of more tuition hikes and years of austerity. Now a UC task force has released a set of recommendations, to be evaluated throughout the fall, intended to help the university gain control over its vast retirement problem over the next 30 years. At the same time, employees who cut the grass, serve the food and perform other [...]
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Berkeley Faculty Association co-Chair is quotes in this article published in the September 2, 2010 Public Higher Education Is ‘Eroding From All Sides,’ Warn Political Scientists By David Glenn The ideal of American public higher education may have entered a death spiral, several scholars said here Thursday during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. That crisis might ultimately harm not only universities, but also democracy itself, they warned. “We’ve crossed a threshold,” said Clyde W. Barrow, director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. “Higher education is no longer viewed as a public good in this country. As tuition at public universities becomes more expensive, middle-class parents [...]
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