How can an organization be so completely and utterly ineffective? Working in the CSU it is a question that I ask myself on a regular basis. I have worked at several universities that evidenced various...Read More
It sounds like the beginning of a joke. I suppose that, in a way, it is. As a matter of fact universities rely on administrators to do the sort of work that faculty cannot do. We are not able, qualifi...Read More
According to a press release yesterday the Chancellor’s Office has decided to return to the bargaining table with CFA over a successor contract. The California State University and the Californi...Read More
You may have missed this. I know that I did. Our “dear leader” (California State University Chancellor Charles Reed) with presents for everyone (but more presents for some!)....Read More
The CSU Board of Trustees recently cancelled their December meeting. At the December meeting the Board was expected to consider recommendations regarding executive [read: campus presidents’] com...Read More
The CFA bargaining team reports on the Chancellors latest contract proposal: …we asked if management had any new proposals that were responsive to ours or that modified their take-backs, they pr...Read More
Leaders establish values for their organization. They structure policies to achieve those values, investing in initiatives that promote leadership values and ignoring strategies that do not promote th...Read More
In the second edition of The Charlie Chronicles we ponder the fact that only 35% of the CSU’s budget goes to its primary mission: Instruction. Where does the other 65% go? We offer some ideas....Read More
Students, faculty, staff, and community deserve the very best leadership I can possibly find, and you’re not going to get that for nothin’. –Charlie Reed, Chancellor, California Stat...Read More
The CSU Chancellor’s office hired a consultant (Katz and Associates) to help design CSU on-line, the on-line competition for the CSU. This was the second page of their presentation. I do not thi...Read More