A financial audit of the University of California will be conducted following a unanimous vote Wednesday by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the California Legislature. The audit will focus on examining several facets of the university’s finances, including the use of state and federal funds, student fees and the processes of UC auxiliary entities. UC officials have indicated they will cooperate with the investigation, saying accusations of alleged corruption and misuse of public funds are unfounded.
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by Zach E.J. Williams, The Daily Californian.
Posted: February 19th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The finances of the University of California will finally be examined by the state auditor as a result of an official request by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo). After several improprieties and poor decision-making by UC executives, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) unanimously (10-0) approved Yee’s request.
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by Staff, California Chronicle.
Posted: February 18th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Wednesday he doesn’t plan to pursue a general tax hike again this year, largely because he doesn’t think Republicans will sign on. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will not support tax hikes.
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by Kevin Yamamura, The Sacramento Bee.
Posted: February 17th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Only about 36 percent of CSU students manage to graduate in five years. The issue isn’t as pressing at the University of California, where 77 percent of students graduate in five years or less. Still, the state’s budget crunch has prompted UC to look at ways of getting students through the system faster. The university’s Commission on the Future is discussing a program for undergrads to earn a degree in three years. Like CSU, UC took a 20 percent cut in state funding last year and is decreasing student enrollment in response. But UC’s enrollment cuts are smaller, and they focus on incoming freshmen
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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.
Posted: February 17th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
"Obviously, California is in a crisis. I don’t have to repeat it," Gonzalez said. But repeat it he did, emphasizing many times the "tough" state of the economy and the "difficult" times facing students, faculty and staff. Although students were at the forefront of the discussion, there were only about a dozen of them present in Capistrano Hall’s Music Recital Hall, compared with the larger number of staff and faculty members.
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by Kalie Barnes-Young, The Sacramento State Hornet.
Posted: February 17th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Students represented by a civil-rights group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to overturn California’s ban on affirmative action in public university admissions. The complaint, filed in San Francisco, argues that Proposition 209 violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause by turning certain students away from the University of California’s most selective campuses.
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by Josh Richman, The Contra Costa Times.
Posted: February 16th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
With the precision of a laser beam, California’s Legislative Analyst Office focused attention and criticism on the state’s three levels of public higher education. Specific goals and performance standards, improved coordination, independent oversight and predictable funding are needed to bring programs provided by the University of California, the California State University and the state’s community colleges in line with the needs of California and its students, according to state analysts.
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by Cheri Cruz, The Merced Sun Star.
Posted: February 15th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Assembly Bill 656 was originally designed to impose a 9.9 percent natural gas and oil severance tax, with the proceeds going to the California Higher Education Endowment Corporation to allocate the revenue to state schools, according to documents from the office of Assemblyman Alberto Torrico. The bill was later amended to instead monitor how much revenue a 12.5 percent tax would generate for education, and it is now in the Senate. "It will serve as a reminder of how much money higher education is missing as a result of not having a severance tax," according to a statement from Torrico’s office.
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by Allison White, The Contra Costa Times.
Posted: February 15th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg released a Democratic plan consisting of 27 bills to create jobs in California… There are some other bills proposed by Steinberg that do not seem to have any impact on job creation. One would set a 5 percent cap on state university tuition fee hikes in any given year. This could actually reduce jobs at the university and give the schools less flexibility in maintaining programs.
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by The Editors, The Contra Costa Times.
Posted: February 14th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Nearly $1.8 million is expected from the government in stimulus money for fall 2010. "Stimulus funds will replace money that we had to take out of offering courses and put those courses back so students can graduate," Dr. Mitchell explained. That stimulus funding is a one-time deal, and won’t help the dire budget problems Cal State branches across California are facing.
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by Staff, KGET.
Posted: February 11th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
