Budget Cuts Crush Enrollments at Cal State

Budget Cuts Crush Enrollments at Cal State

These enrollment cuts are a watershed for the downsizing of public higher ed, as reported in the very good piece by Josh Keller, in the Chronicle of Higher EducationThe California State University is the classic social escalator, the gateway for California's racially diverse and international population. It has been slowing down for years, drained financially for years by Republican...

Pay Yet Again

Pay Yet Again

The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources has released a pay study that shows that public university salaries continue to fall behind privates. In other bad news, pay for the humanities disciplines lag enough to cast doubt as to whether they are in the same profession as fields like business. The Inside Higher Ed coverage notes:the CUPA data suggest...