March 15, 2010
Universities across the United States are leading innovations that contribute to the economic health of a region, according to a report from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. These institutes of higher education are offering assistance to businesses and helping to revitalized communities in addition to their traditional roles as centers of research.
March 11, 2010
The California Postsecondary Education Commission is predicting that California’s public universities and colleges will be asked to serve 387,000 more undergraduates in 2019 than they enrolled in 2008. That’s bad news for UC, CSU and the states’ community colleges. All three systems of public higher education have begun limiting enrollment to cope with two years of cutbacks in state funding. CPEC estimates a funding need of $139 million annually over the next 10 years to satisfy undergraduate demand. That’s just for operational costs, not the buildings and labs to teach in nor the costs for graduate education. Download the CPEC report.
March 10, 2010
During a visit to Washington, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block talked with the National Journal about dealing with the financial crisis on his campus. His Q&A interview covers restructuring administration, trimming courses and raising more private money.
March 10, 2010
A California Postsecondary Education Commission report compares the fees at UC, CSU and California Community Colleges to colleges in other states and finds that California’s public higher education institutions are a relative bargain.
March 4, 2010
Statement from Mark Yudof:
My heart and my support are with everybody and anybody who wants to stand up for public education. I salute those who are making themselves heard today in a peaceful manner on behalf of a great cause.
Our public institutions, from kindergarten to the doctoral level, have shaped our nation’s course and are an essential piece of the American fabric. Here at UC, through the Master Plan for Higher Education, we have created a model emulated throughout the world. It’s time that model started receiving the support it deserves in the place of its birth.
As my predecessor Clark Kerr often said, higher education should never be regarded as a cost, but rather as an investment. The university is an investment, not only in an individual’s well being, but also in the public good. Public education drives a society’s ability to progress and to prosper. This state’s great public universities hold the key to our economic and social growth and are deserving of support by all Californians.
March 3, 2010
Leaders from the systemwide UC Student Association joined UC President Mark Yudof, chancellors and regents in a March 1 advocacy day in Sacramento. The message: fund UC’s budget, fully support Cal Grants to keep up with rising fees and reinvest in the state’s Master Plan for Higher Education. Students joined Yudof in visiting legislators and the governor to press for more financial support for UC.
Watch student leader Victor Sanchez video.
February 25, 2010
The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommends in its most recent budget report that the Legislature reduce the governor’s funding proposal for the University of California and California State University. The LAO also recommends increasing community college funding — by raising fees $14 per unit.
February 25, 2010
California community colleges saw an enrollment decline of about 21,000 students this year. Chancellor Jack Scott attributes the drop to the state budget cutbacks that forced colleges to eliminate courses. The 112 community colleges serve more than 2.9 million students. Demand for its courses is up as displaced workers seek new job skills and students elect to complete their lower-division classes in two-year schools before transferring to UC and CSU.
February 24, 2010
Outside the United States, political leaders see higher education as a key to short-term economic recovery and long-term competitiveness, writes John Aubrey Douglass, a senior research fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. Not so much here in America where 34 states have cut higher education spending. Read Aubrey’s report.
February 11, 2010
The UC Student Association is holding a rally at the Capitol on March 1 to support making higher education a state priority. UC President Mark Yudof and other university leaders will join students in visiting legislators that day. On April 27, UC, CSU and California community colleges will sponsor a joint advocacy day in Sacramento. Both events are part of UC’s advocacy efforts that include rallies, letter-writing campaigns and visits to lawmakers to drive home the message that funding for higher education must be a priority. UC advocates now number nearly 300,000. Find out how you can join them in standing up for UC.
Watch a video of Mark Yudof’s report on budget advocacy.
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