Abandon ship? Certainly not, despite what some educators would suggest
A recent letter signed by the chairmen of 23 departments at the University of California, San Diego, reminds me of terrifying scenes from the movie "Titanic." Some facing a crisis respond: Save your own skin; push your way into the lifeboat. The San Diego professors’ response to the state budget crisis was to suggest shuttering UC Merced — and maybe even UC Riverside and Santa Cruz — to save their own academic skins and direct money to what they consider to be "more worthy" campuses in the University of California system. Thankfully, UC President Mark Yudof quickly opposed their recommendation, expressing "100 percent" support for UC Merced, the system’s newest campus.
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by Cheri Cruz, The Bakersfield Californian.