May 25, 2010
Assembly Speaker John Perez introduced a state budget plan that includes $900 million for higher education and reduces student fee increases 50 percent, saving UC students $628. His California Jobs Budget seeks to create jobs, avoid the steep cuts proposed in the governor’s budget and impose an oil severance tax.
May 25, 2010
UC’s administrative efficiencies efforts will make it a stronger organization, according to an editorial in the LA Times. Legislators, however, should not see the cost-saving move as a reason to cut more of UC’s budget.
May 19, 2010
A systemwide effort to cut costs through continuing operational efficiencies and campus restructuring is in the works at the University of California. UC budget administrators gave a rundown to UC Regents Wednesday (May 19). “Every dollar we save in operating costs is a dollar that can go toward preserving the academic and research mission,” said Nathan Brostrom, executive vice president of business operations. “We’ve done a lot in the past few years to cut costs, and now we’re looking more broadly.”
April 28, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has committed to restoring funding for California’s public colleges and universities. He says he won’t sign a state budget unless it includes the financial support he has proposed for UC, CSU and the community colleges.
April 23, 2010
The California Master Plan for Higher Education will be 50 years old on April 27. The Public Policy Institute of California is calling for an update to deal with the shortage of college educated workers the state faces - 1 million by 2025. In a new report, the institute suggests new goals for UC, CSU and California community colleges in key areas: eligibility levels, transfer processes and degree completion.
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.
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