Category: life in the csu
‘More and Better Civic Learning’…Just not in the CSU
“This is a critical time in our nation’s history, and our future is not assured. We have to work at it, and that work most certainly includes more and better civic learning” Les Fran... Read More
The Tragedy of the Chancellor’s Vision for the CSU
Outsourcing. It is ubiquitous in the private sector. Low skill jobs are shipped to low wage countries to increase the bottom line for corporations. Outsourcing is also common in the public sector. For... Read More
Take a Flying *@#! at the Moon
It seems that the prevailing philosophy in the Chancellor’s Office–and by extension in his Board of Trustees–is that the CSU should be “run like a business.” This is a re... Read More
A Day in the Life
A major misconception about college professors is that we teach for a few hours a day and then go home. The truth is that teaching is not the only thing that we do. Yes, we are in the classroom about ... Read More
It’s Our Vision of the CSU vs. the Chancellor’s
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
Administrative Bloat and the Cost of American Higher Education
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
New Evidence of Salary Inequality in the CSU
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
Link CSU Presidents’ Salaries to Faculty Salaries
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
