A little advance notice of an impending calamity is better than none at all. In that spirit, a bill approved last week by the state Senate marks a commendable step toward more transparency at California public universities. The bill, authored by Assemblymembers Paul Fong, D-Cupertino, and Marty Block, D-San Diego, Read More…
California’s public universities could be required to begin discussing the possibility of fee increases with students six months before implementing future tuition increases if a bill passed by the state Senate Wednesday is made into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. Read More…
The California State University plans to accept no new students at most of its campuses for the spring 2013 semester and place all fall 2013 applicants on a waitlist, a top CSU administrator said Monday. According to Robert Turnage, the CSU assistant vice chancellor for budget, the plan would close Read More…
Earnings for new presidents in the California State University system are now capped at 10 percent above that of their predecessors after CSU trustees unanimously voted Wednesday to cap the salaries of incoming executives. Jessica Rossoni covers higher education.
Along with the Nov. 9 Day of Action on the UC Berkeley campus, 10 other demonstrations took place Wednesday at college campuses throughout the state. The statewide protests were intended to mark the beginning of a week of protests leading up to the meetings of the CSU Board of Trustees Read More…
In response to recent decisions by the UC Board of Regents and the California State University Board of Trustees to increase pay for executives while at the same time voting to increase student tuition and fees, state Senator Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, announced Monday his intent to reintroduce a bill Read More…
