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During yesterday's California State University system's special Board of Trustees meeting, Chancellor Charles B. Reed said he will seek approval for "an additional student fee hike of 15% to 20% for this fall, and enrollment reductions of 32,000 students in the year to follow," reports the LA Times.
The meeting was held as a result of the need for the system to face the projected $584 million budget shortfall courtesy the state of California, and provided a forum for discussing further increases and cut backs that will be added on to those previously agreed upon, like the 10% fee increase approved just this May. "Reed said the university system [...] was running out of time and options," with many of the campuses starting their academic year next month.
But faculty and staff from the CSU schools don't agree with not only the state-level cuts, but the manner in which those in charge of the CSU are dealing with them, namely Reed himself:
Reed said much of the fee hike will be covered by financial aid increases and education tax breaks promised by the Obama administration, but several professors called that assertion "ludicrous.""What this means is dreams deferred, poverty entrenched and the door to the middle class slammed firmly on poor and working-class people," said Rita Ledesma, a professor at Cal State L.A.
In addition to costs going up for students and caps on enrollment for both incoming freshmen and transfer students, those employed by the CSU face losses in the form of layoffs--provided the union doesn't agree to "a university-wide, two-day-a-month furlough plan designed to eliminate $275 million of the $584-million budget gap."
The board is due to vote on the plan July 21.
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Unfortunately, UC is facing much of the same!
UC students also face a 10% fee/tuition increase, plus possibly an additional 15% to 20% on top of that?
Is that what I said? UC and CSU students are in a similar situation in terms of tuition hikes, enrollment caps, reduction in courses offered. UC employees and faculty are also facing layoffs, salary reductions/furloughs.
So by "much of the same," you meant similar situation, but not necessarily to the same extent. Got it. Thanks.
How much of a tuition hike are UC students facing?
Good Job California - you're ridiculously immature little tax freak out in the 70s has finally turned California into the South. Awesome.
The fact that every single problem we're having could be easily solved by with budget changes that would be simple were it not for stupid, stupid prop 13 is infuriating.
I can't wait until they decide to cut police protection except for neighborhoods above a certain income bracket.
But you see, tax cuts for the super-rich *always* result in magical ethereal "trickle down" effects.
Except that they totally don't. What we're in now is the result of deja Voodoo economics. Wannabes get all jazzed up by a gimmicky $50 refund check and parrot "no more taxes", not realizing that taxes pay for shit like roads, parks, schools. Who needs those?
To all the non-millionaire supporters of "trickle down", they are laughing at how easily they conned you. Does anyone even remember the national $350 BILLION dollar tax cut (only for the super rich) of a few years ago? Or the tax free yacht loophole?
Hate to break it to you, but you are not going to win idol, be discovered or cash in on that ridiculous ponzi scheme. So buck up and repeal prop 13 already.
To all the non-millionaire supporters of "trickle down", they are laughing at how easily they conned you.
This is pretty much the philosophy of the GOP. Tell everyone they, too, can be in the top 2% and should be against things like inheritance taxes... when in reality, only the top 2% can be in the top 2%. Not the 40%+ who routinely vote Republican!
So how'd the vote go down on this B.S.?