In the opening presentation at my transfer orientation session, there was an emphasis on the fact that at UCLA, you are not just a number. It’s unfortunate then that I spent the rest of the excruciatingly long day feeling like the opposite was true; throughout the day, I came up with more questions than answers […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: UC’s lack of state funding jeopardizes public mission
The University of California is no longer a public institution. Never has that fact been clearer than with the most recent funding battle raging between UC leadership and Gov. Jerry Brown. On Friday, Brown announced a budget proposal of $120 million in funding to the UC – $100 million less than what the UC needs […]
Submission: Opposition to undergraduate diversity requirement is justified
In a recent editorial, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board condemned the actions of 59 professors who urged a revote on the College of Letters and Sciences diversity requirement proposal. This condemnation is a mischaracterization. First, the board criticizes any expansion of the vote beyond Letters and Sciences professors as illegitimate. What the Daily Bruin fails […]
Editorial: Master Plan requires regulatory body for its enforcement
No attempt at reforming the Master Plan for Higher Education in California will matter unless legislators and higher education leaders view it as more than a guideline that they can ignore. It is legislation and it should be followed like any other law, with repercussions for those who fail to adhere to it. It’s little […]
Editorial: College systems should retain distinct roles
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 […]
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. […]