Annoying Results of the State Audit of UC, Pt 1: No Cuts, You're Fine!

Annoying Results of the State Audit of UC, Pt 1: No Cuts, You're Fine!

UC students, who will pay about 18% more in tuition next year, will be interested to know that the California State Auditor, which has now released its much-anticipated report, defines student fees as public funding (p 9). Their reason is that student fees are "obtained as part of [the University's regular course of business."  This explanation makes no sense at all, since...

Statement from Three Members of Academic Council on Preserving Quality (7/16)

Statement from Three Members of Academic Council on Preserving Quality (7/16)

The statement below was drafted by the following members of the Academic Council, but it has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Council. It is what we intend to keep saying in meetings, and it is what we would like to see the Senate say, at every opportunity. Jim Chalfant, Chair, University Committee on Planning and Budget Mary Gauvain, Chair, Academic Senate, UC Riverside...

Feeding the Cuts, Part I

Feeding the Cuts, Part I

The major news of this UC Regents meeting is yet another student fee increase – 9.8% on top of the 8% already voted for 2011-12 (and another 12% at CSU), with an additional 5.9% mid-year increase possible in January.  On the other hand, a UC fee increase isn’t news, since the Regents raise fees every year (18 of the past 20), sometimes twice a year, and a third of the time...