When first adopted, the California Master Plan for Higher Education created clear, distinct roles for each of the three systems of public higher education. For the top achievers in California, there was the University of California, a beacon of educational discourse, research and thought that would provide the state with its most accomplished workers. Directly […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: Master Plan should mandate state contributions, pension funding
An update to the Master Plan for Higher Education in California must establish realistic expectations for the state’s contribution to higher education and hold the legislature accountable to its responsibility to fund higher education in California. Currently, a majority of the University of California’s budget is made up of student tuition, an absurdity for what […]
Editorial: Master Plan, not students, should adjust for inflation
The Master Plan for Higher Education in California is a long, winding document that aims to establish the economic future of public education. Yet, it fails to responsibly account for one of the most basic economic forces: inflation. Throughout the 230 pages of the Master Plan, inflation is mentioned just twice and in vague terms. […]
Editorial Series: A Public University?
Editorial: New petition doesn’t accurately reflect student body
Student government representatives and several UCLA student groups have been deliberate and clear in their support of an undergraduate diversity course requirement. But a new petition signed by a group of 59 professors and administrators could jeopardize the requirement already approved by student representatives. After the College of Letters and Science faculty passed a proposal […]
Editorial: Police attempts to silence protesters perpetuate justice system issues
Police response to the recent protests about law enforcement officers’ interactions with black and brown men has been spectacularly disappointing. Disturbingly, police have been strategically attempting to silence the speech of those who are protesting the officers themselves and the criminal justice system they uphold. The grand jury’s decision in Ferguson, Mo. to not indict […]
Editorial: Taking autonomy away from UC does not prove state prioritizes education
In an attempt to convince California voters that the state is working in the interests of college students, a bipartisan pair of senators proposed a bill last week that would wrest control of the University of California away from the Board of Regents and give it to the state.