Category: life in the csu
What Have Unions Done for Us?
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
How the rich become richer in academia
Defending the $400,000 salary of incoming San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed cited a CSU system study that “found Cal State presidents to be underp... Read More
More for Everyone! Well, more for some.
Well, it is official. Tuition is increasing in the CSU by 12.5%. The fee and tuition spiral continues a trend that I highlighted in an earlier post. Students get to pay more. Getting almost as much ... Read More
What should the UC and CSU do first to handle state budget cuts?
Sacramento Business Journal has posted a non-scientific poll. The Journal is asking their readers “What should the UC and the CSU systems do first to handle the state budget cuts. According to t... Read More
A Poor Solution for a Misdiagnosed Problem
In recent years many universities have aggressively pushed for increased web-based instruction. Recently Arizona State University announced a partnership with Pearson to deliver on-line courses. The C... Read More
Economic Inequality in Academia and the CSU
Recently the Washington Post reported on the growing inequality between the top earners and the bottom 90% of earners in the US. As the graphic to the left indicates, between the 1970s and 2008 median... Read More
Hey ‘Oldtimer’
Inevitably the reader comments following stories about the increasing cost of a CSU education reflect a consistent sentiment: “When I went to CSU {fill in the blank} I would work during the summer t... Read More
Giving Up on Civic Education in the CSU
Fifty years ago, at the inception of the California State University, the Board of Trustees voted to institute an American Institutions graduation requirement. Later this requirement was codified in A... Read More
