Representing at least 323 UC scientists who are members of the National Academy of Sciences, UCSC astronomy chair Sandra Faber and junior colleague Mark Krumholz led a charge to urge the Regents to approve a salary-reduction plan for one year only. If the cuts of 4-10 percent – the highest percentage assigned to those earning more than $240,000 annually – continues into future years, the two scientists said student interest in UC will drop significantly if prominent young faculty members accept offers from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other top league universities. "This is an irrevocable tipping point," Faber said at a press briefing, where she was flanked by a dozen other faculty members from UC Berkeley and elsewhere. "If the proposed cuts in the president’s plan are maintained for more than one year, UC as we know it will start to collapse," Faber said. "Now is the time to invest more in UC, not less. It’s like eating your seed corn."

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by J.M. Brown, The San Jose Mercury News.

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