Negotiations over the CFA contract are more meaningful than ever this year. These negotiations are more about what the CSU will look like in the coming decades than they are about salaries and benefit...Read More
I stumbled upon an interesting study from the Goldwater Institute a couple of months ago. I referenced in my last post, but I am just getting a chance to blurb it now. Titled “Administrative Blo...Read More
In July I commented on a Washington Post story about increasing inequality between executive pay and the salaries of average Americans. At the time I pointed out that this inequality was apparent in t...Read More
In today’s LA Times Professor of History J.E. Sefton rightly criticizes a reported proposal to link the salary of CSU Presidential salaries to campus graduation rates. Sefton argues that CSU Pre...Read More
Today’s Los Angeles Times brings us some fresh perspective on the decision to offer inflated salaries to the new presidents of San Diego State and Cal Poly SLO. Why the pay increases? Cal State ...Read More
House GOPers met this morning to discuss the Boehner Plan to raise the debt ceiling. During this pep talk in which Boehner angrily exhorted his caucus to “get their asses in line,” Represe...Read More
I am a political scientist, so I hope you excuse my momentary detour from kvetching about the California State University system and indulge a detour into the world of politics. As the country heads t...Read More
Between the tuition hike and the pay increase for the San Diego State University President something else happened at the CSU Board of Trustees meeting. It has not been reported in the press, but it i...Read More
With all of the negative political rhetoric surrounding public employee unions, it is important to occasionally remind ourselves about the benefits that we enjoy today because of the union movement. M...Read More
Well, it has finally happened: The war on workers has arrived in California. The California Center for Public Policy announced Wednesday (July 13, 2011) a drive to place three initiatives on the ballo...Read More