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Tag Archives: CSU
Trustees Delay Fee Hike Proposal
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Update: California State University Trustees announced on Tuesday that they are postponing a plan to hike fees on selected students. The CSU chancellor released the following statement: California State University Trustees have postponed reviewing a plan to improve access and … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: State Has Over 6 Million in Poverty; Poll Finds 51% in Favor of Calif. Tax Measure; Zuckerberg Fortune Falls to $9.4 Billion
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More than 6 million Californians now living in poverty (SJ Mercury News) More than 330,000 Californians fell below the poverty line in 2011, bringing the ranks of California's poor to more than 6.1 million, according to statistics being released Thursday … Continue reading
Calif. State Universities Limit Enrollment for Spring
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Fees go up. Faculty get no raises. And now the California State University system is turning away students. CSU's will accept student applications at only 10 campuses for the spring 2012 semester, the system announced yesterday. Even those 10 campuses … Continue reading
Cal State Reaches Tentative Agreement with Faculty
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California State University has reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with its faculty that largely preserves current contract terms and calls for no salary raises, the university and faculty union said Tuesday. "It's a … Continue reading
Chart: The Cost of Tuition at UC, CSU Over the Years, Adjusted For Inflation
How much has tuition for California's public universities really increased over the last 20 years? Using data from the California State University Budget Office and University of California Budget Office, KQED has charted average tuition and campus fees for resident … Continue reading
Does a College President Deserve $325,000 a Year?
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You can make big money as a campus president at the California State University. More than ever before. On Tuesday the California State University trustees approved salaries for three new campuses presidents that are 9 or 10 percent higher than … Continue reading
Cal State Sets High Salaries for New Presidents
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Pushing against the limits they set a few months ago, California State University trustees have given the maximum allowable salaries to two new campus presidents, and nearly the maximum for one more. Big salaries offered to presidents have drawn criticism … Continue reading
CSU Cancelling Upcoming Meeting on Fears of Protest
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First the University of California regents, now the California State University trustees. The CSU Board of Trustees has just canceled a special meeting scheduled for December 5 over concerns about protesters and crowd control. The Board was set to consider … Continue reading
Photos, Video: Yesterday's CSU Student Protests From Around the State
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Thousands of California State University students rallied around the state yesterday to protest cuts to higher education…. Tower Hall was shut down by students at SJSU Protest inside the SJSU admin bldg:
UC, CSU Chancellors: No Tuition Hikes in Response to Proposed Cuts
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KQED's John Myers tweets that both CSU Chancellor John Reed and UC Chancellor Mark Yudof have stated that the governor's proposed $500 million in higher education budget cuts will not trigger tuition hikes at state schools. Reed, however, said CSU … Continue reading
