Imagine the role that the administrative leadership of University of California and the newly created "Commission on the Future of the University of California" could play if, instead of capitulating to the decline of a university that is a model for the world, they sought to educate the public about how crucial the health of the university is to the long-term social and economic health of the state. The Commission, brainchild of Regents’ Chair Russell Gould, could take the lead in forging the public consensus necessary to halt the erosion of state support of public education. Specifically, members could endorse viable alternatives to the highly damaging and economically counterproductive cuts to UC and its sister CSU and Community College systems.

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by Glenn Levine, Mark LeVine, Jack Miles, and Jane O. Newman, The Orange County Register.

Posted: August 23rd, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.