As We See It: UC administrators raises hard to fathom during tough times
Earlier this month, California State University trustees hired a new president for San Diego State — and paid him $50,000 more than his predecessor not to mention he received an additional $50,000 from the university’s nonprofit fundraising arm. Trustees didn’t stop there: They then hiked tuition to CSU campuses by another 12 percent. University of California Regents took a similar step last week. After raising tuition 9.6 percent which comes after an 8 percent hike in November, Regents approved pay raises for three top administrators… These three administrators, said UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein, are so "talented and effective" that the raises are fair. Guess that says a lot about the talent and effectiveness of everyone who didn’t get a raise.
Read full article [here].
by The Editors, The Santa Cruz Sentinel.