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KQED’s Forum Discusses the UC Walkouts
Yesterday, KQED’s Forum discussed the UC walkouts. Have a listen and find out what all the fuss is about.
Guests included:
- Judith Butler, professor in the departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley
- Lawrence Pitts, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for the University of California
- Nanette Asimov, education reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle
- Victor Sanchez, president of the University of California Student Association
UCs Plan Walkout Against Budget Cuts
By Denise Tejada
Faculty and students of UC campuses are taking the system’s budget cut crisis into their own hands and walking out on Thursday Sept 24th. It’s been announced that 10 UCs are taking part of this walkout–UC Berkeley being one of them. This year alone UC faculty experienced a cut of 4-10 percent in their salary, including 26 furlough days. Students are being hit by the budget squeeze as well. There has been an increase in tuition, less financial aid is available, and school resources have been cut.
According to Dan Mogulos, Executive Director of Public Affairs at UC Berkeley: “last year in the fall 1500 classes were held on Thursday, there is no way of knowing how many classes we’ll be canceled for that day.” Mongulos says the number of faculty participating—as of right now—is 100 out of 2130 faculty members. Mongulos says this number is expected to change as the day gets closer.
According to Mongulos faculty members have the right to walkout, but before they do they need to ensure their students have material to work on. “If they—professors—walkout, they have to notify the students ahead of time and make sure the course material is done.”
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