Links for Friday June 15, 2012

Tuition at California's public universities is rising at a faster rate than anywhere else in the nation.

Unemployment rate in CA "drops" to 10.8%.

Today is budget day in Sacramento.

Geithner wants Bowles-Simpson.  Guess austerity works for those Wall Street guys.

Obama to limit deportation of some "Dream Act" eligible young people.

American Council of Trustees and Alumni want to reorganize CA Higher Education.

More and more on pathology and privatization at UVA.  Or are they the same thing?

National Research Council puts out a new report on American Research Universities.  Calls for more funding, closer ties with business.

Columbia University President in hot water for defending Jamie Dimon's claim to a Fed position.

Union victory in New York: Instructors vote to unionize at Kaplan's ESL program.

No funds for Obama's race to the bottom for Higher Ed.