The universities are having to do things they don’t want to do precisely because the legislature isn’t providing them money. This lack of public support is not merely the fault of the legislature. The budget system itself — a system constructed by both parties, the legislature, interest groups and the voters themselves — guarantees constant cuts in public support to universities. If the legislature wants to help universities cope with this never-ending budget crisis, great. But using the universities as whipping posts is unhelpful and wrong. Particularly when the governor and legislative leadership refuse to tackle the hard work of redesigning the budget and governing systems so that the universities don’t get hammered all the time. So here’s some advice for Sen. Steinberg, Gov. Brown and the meddling legislators. Get to work on fixing the budget system. And until you do that, when it comes to public universities, butt out.

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by Joe Matthews, NBC Bay Area.

Posted: March 25th, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.