Gov. Jerry Brown has sent a letter to California State University trustees asking them to reconsider plans to give the new president of San Diego State a salary that would be $100,000 higher than his predecessor’s. The board is gathered in Long Beach today to take up a number of issues, including setting compensation for Elliot Hirshman, the new president of San Diego State, and raising student tuition by 12 percent… Brown, in a letter to CSU board chairman Herbert Carter, said he was concerned about "the ever-escalating pay packages awarded to your top administrators. I fear your approach to compensation is setting a pattern for public service that we cannot afford."

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: July 12th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.