Connecting The Dots: Uc Regents Coming Together 2010
Sunday, September 8, 2024
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One of my favorite assignments for students is that I hand them several headlines from the day's tidings too enquire them to connect the unlike stories together. The regard behind this practice is that people need to overcome the fragmented nature of our information society. So, permit us bring a expect at the exceed 5 headlines from the Jan 21st UC Regents meeting: 1) UC approves bonuses for infirmary execs; 2) Waiting lists to live on established at most UC campuses, regents say; 3) UC regents approve Cal stadium retrofit; 4) Regents to dorsum UC students protestation at Capitol ; 5) UC leaders wary of governor's budget promises
At kickoff these stories look to larn into unlike directions, simply in that place is an underlying logic that connects the dots: The UC scheme is continuing its recent force to growth the compensation of its highest earners too embark on expensive structure projects as it limits undergraduate enrollment too attacks the state for non supporting higher education. While the UC direction says that it has to enhance pupil fees too boundary access because state funding is down, it besides argues that it must pay exceed administrators higher salaries inwards monastic enjoin to maintain them from going elsewhere.
The novel twist to this quondam melody is that the regents too President Yudof are trying to co-opt the recent protests past times students, faculty, too unions. We at nowadays take away hold to imagine the regents too President Yudof locking arms amongst students marching through the streets of Sacramento demanding that legislators fully fund the UC system. In reply to this faux claim of solidarity, several unions take away hold released the next statement:
“To Defend Education, Reverse the Hikes too Cuts:
Open Letter to UC Regents too the People of California
The UC Regents claim to live on on the side of students, staff, too faculty inwards defending populace education, simply their actions beak otherwise.
On Jan 20, UC President Mark Yudof too other UC Regents announced to the press that they back upwards the March iv Strike too Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Yet at that really coming together they awarded $3.1 1000000 to a greater extent than inwards executive bonuses.
This is a cynical publicity stunt, too nosotros produce non purchase it.
If the UC Regents were serious close supporting the students, staff, too faculty of the UC system, they would straight off contrary the 32% fee hike too gyre dorsum the catastrophic layoffs too cuts they take away hold imposed. The hereafter of populace teaching inwards California for all working people too communities of colouring is at stake.
The UC Regents claim that the University of California is broke too thus they debate that "we must run together to delineate per unit of measurement area Sacramento." But if the UC is broke, why are the Regents giving out millions inwards executive bonuses? If the UC is broke, why did the Regents lately loan the State of California nearly $200 1000000 dollars? And if the UC Regents are "on our side," why take away hold UC police delineate consistently been sent inwards to repress peaceful protests?
Independent analyses of the UC budget show to a unproblematic too disturbing fact: the fee hikes too layoffs inwards the UC scheme are a consequence of a priorities crisis, non a "budget crisis." Indeed, the UC made tape profits terminal year. The conclusion: UC Regents tin too must role their millions of dollars inwards reserve funds to contrary the fee hikes, cuts, too layoffs.
Furthermore, nosotros produce non take away hold that the UC scheme live on funded at the expense of pre-K, K-12, Community Colleges, the CSUs too adult education, as good as other populace services. All levels of teaching must live on fully funded too lineament teaching must live on as accessible to all Californians too immigrants.
On March 4, 2010, tens of thousands of students, teachers, too workers too their organizations inwards all sectors of populace teaching too across the populace sector volition organize majority strikes too protests against the priorities crisis of both Sacramento too the UC, CSU, CC, too K-12 administrators.
Until the UC Regents too Sacramento contrary the fee hikes, cuts, too layoffs, nosotros pledge to maintain to deepen this growing movement. We reject to permit this combat live on co-opted.”
At kickoff these stories look to larn into unlike directions, simply in that place is an underlying logic that connects the dots: The UC scheme is continuing its recent force to growth the compensation of its highest earners too embark on expensive structure projects as it limits undergraduate enrollment too attacks the state for non supporting higher education. While the UC direction says that it has to enhance pupil fees too boundary access because state funding is down, it besides argues that it must pay exceed administrators higher salaries inwards monastic enjoin to maintain them from going elsewhere.
The novel twist to this quondam melody is that the regents too President Yudof are trying to co-opt the recent protests past times students, faculty, too unions. We at nowadays take away hold to imagine the regents too President Yudof locking arms amongst students marching through the streets of Sacramento demanding that legislators fully fund the UC system. In reply to this faux claim of solidarity, several unions take away hold released the next statement:
“To Defend Education, Reverse the Hikes too Cuts:
Open Letter to UC Regents too the People of California
The UC Regents claim to live on on the side of students, staff, too faculty inwards defending populace education, simply their actions beak otherwise.
On Jan 20, UC President Mark Yudof too other UC Regents announced to the press that they back upwards the March iv Strike too Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Yet at that really coming together they awarded $3.1 1000000 to a greater extent than inwards executive bonuses.
This is a cynical publicity stunt, too nosotros produce non purchase it.
If the UC Regents were serious close supporting the students, staff, too faculty of the UC system, they would straight off contrary the 32% fee hike too gyre dorsum the catastrophic layoffs too cuts they take away hold imposed. The hereafter of populace teaching inwards California for all working people too communities of colouring is at stake.
The UC Regents claim that the University of California is broke too thus they debate that "we must run together to delineate per unit of measurement area Sacramento." But if the UC is broke, why are the Regents giving out millions inwards executive bonuses? If the UC is broke, why did the Regents lately loan the State of California nearly $200 1000000 dollars? And if the UC Regents are "on our side," why take away hold UC police delineate consistently been sent inwards to repress peaceful protests?
Independent analyses of the UC budget show to a unproblematic too disturbing fact: the fee hikes too layoffs inwards the UC scheme are a consequence of a priorities crisis, non a "budget crisis." Indeed, the UC made tape profits terminal year. The conclusion: UC Regents tin too must role their millions of dollars inwards reserve funds to contrary the fee hikes, cuts, too layoffs.
Furthermore, nosotros produce non take away hold that the UC scheme live on funded at the expense of pre-K, K-12, Community Colleges, the CSUs too adult education, as good as other populace services. All levels of teaching must live on fully funded too lineament teaching must live on as accessible to all Californians too immigrants.
On March 4, 2010, tens of thousands of students, teachers, too workers too their organizations inwards all sectors of populace teaching too across the populace sector volition organize majority strikes too protests against the priorities crisis of both Sacramento too the UC, CSU, CC, too K-12 administrators.
Until the UC Regents too Sacramento contrary the fee hikes, cuts, too layoffs, nosotros pledge to maintain to deepen this growing movement. We reject to permit this combat live on co-opted.”