My Dialogue Alongside President Yudof
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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On Dec. 2, 2011, UC President Mark Yudof gave a spoken language to the California Chamber of Commerce entitled, “A Baker’s Dozen Myths nearly Higher Education.” This presentation is classic Yudof, together with it reveals the cracking disconnect betwixt the UC management together with the facts on the ground. To analyze several of Yudof’s claims, I volition quote his myths together with explanations, together with and hence response to him inwards the cast of a dialogue.
Yudof: The terms of producing UC degrees together with credit hours has gone upwards over the concluding decade. I postulate heed this myth all the time. And it’s frustrating, because this terms has genuinely dropped past times to a greater extent than than 15%, inwards constant dollars, since the 1990s. This terms has dropped inwards purpose due to a broad hit of system-wide efficiencies: mutual information technology systems; reduced employee travel; thousands of unfilled faculty together with staff positions; 1/3 fewer employees at the UC Office of the President; a higher student-faculty ratio, together with hence on.
Samuels: This claim is genuinely partially true: the coin UC spends on undergraduate students has gone down, simply that is generally due to expanding cast size, the occupation of cheap lecturers together with graduate pupil instructors, together with the elimination of many courses together with cast sections. What y'all create non tell is that at the same time, the terms for graduate together with professional person teaching has gone up, together with piece at that topographic point are fewer administrators at the Office of the President, at that topographic point are to a greater extent than on the campuses. In fact, at that topographic point are forthwith lent the solid position down $1.7 billion.
Yudof: The University of California exclusively serves its students. This is California’s university. It is defined past times its populace service mission. And it serves all the people of this state. So when UC’s inwardness funding is cut, it ends upwards affecting all of us, too.
Samuels: Finally, nosotros agree!
Yudof: The terms of producing UC degrees together with credit hours has gone upwards over the concluding decade. I postulate heed this myth all the time. And it’s frustrating, because this terms has genuinely dropped past times to a greater extent than than 15%, inwards constant dollars, since the 1990s. This terms has dropped inwards purpose due to a broad hit of system-wide efficiencies: mutual information technology systems; reduced employee travel; thousands of unfilled faculty together with staff positions; 1/3 fewer employees at the UC Office of the President; a higher student-faculty ratio, together with hence on.
Samuels: This claim is genuinely partially true: the coin UC spends on undergraduate students has gone down, simply that is generally due to expanding cast size, the occupation of cheap lecturers together with graduate pupil instructors, together with the elimination of many courses together with cast sections. What y'all create non tell is that at the same time, the terms for graduate together with professional person teaching has gone up, together with piece at that topographic point are fewer administrators at the Office of the President, at that topographic point are to a greater extent than on the campuses. In fact, at that topographic point are forthwith lent the solid position down $1.7 billion.
Yudof: The University of California exclusively serves its students. This is California’s university. It is defined past times its populace service mission. And it serves all the people of this state. So when UC’s inwardness funding is cut, it ends upwards affecting all of us, too.
Samuels: Finally, nosotros agree!