UC and CSU: Cut Again

UC and CSU: Cut Again

California finally passed its latest terrible budget. Amidst an avalanche of cuts and regressive tax increases, it cut the University of California another...

University Stimulus?

University Stimulus?

The best tabulation of the final compromise stimulus for research is AAAS's. A good summary of the overall picture for higher ed can be found at Inside Higher Ed.I will have to do some studying to find out how much of this is new money and how much already in the works.Meanwhile, the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) have come out with their important annual report...

AAUP Salvo

AAUP Salvo

Here's the best official pitch I've heard in a while to replace competition among stratified universities with something like the general development of the whole syste...

French University Strikes

French University Strikes

I have started an archive of materials on the French university strikes (in French).The most typical thing about the Sarkozy "reforms" are that they are no-money propositions. This is in spite of the fact that biggest problem with French universities is that on the Western scale they are poor. The "reforms" are cost-free substitutes for better funding. Among other things, theyenhance...

Senate to Universities: Drop Dead

Senate to Universities: Drop Dead

Any illusion that higher ed has entered a new era of as a high government priority has been shattered by the Congressional negotiations over the stimulus package. The Senate has come to a "bipartisan compromise" that comes to about $820 billion before interest. It includes $116 for infrastructural improvements, $250 billion in tax cuts, and this:Under the terms of the deal, Senate...