tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243675294290376991.post3110340637309127341..comments2024-03-26T02:17:40.309-07:00Comments on reclaim UC: Public Higher Education and Debt AbolitionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243675294290376991.post-60500801428149504122012-06-26T19:28:38.580-07:002012-06-26T19:28:38.580-07:00Provost Chancellor, charge Californians higher tui...Provost Chancellor, charge Californians higher tuition at University of California Berkeley. University access, affordability is farther and farther out of reach. University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau, Provost Breslauer leave an indelible mark on access and affordability. Both are outspoken on why elite public Cal. should ‘charge Californians much more’ tuition. Number 1 ranked Harvard is now less costly (all in costs). UC Berkeley tuition is rising faster than costs at other universities. The ‘charge more’ tuition makes Cal. the most expensive public university!<br /> <br />Birgeneau ($450,000 salary) Breslauer ($306,000 salary) like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving them every dollar expected. The ‘charge Californians more’ tuition skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011-12 academic years. If Birgeneau Breslauer had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over the past 10 years they would still be in reach of most middle income students. Disparities in higher education defeat the promise of equality of opportunity. An unacceptable legacy for students, parents, politicians!<br /><br />Additional funding should sunset. The economic downturn is devastating California. Simply asking Californians for more money to fund inept Cal. leadership, old expensive higher education models and support burdensome salaries, bonuses, and pensions is not the answer. <br /><br />UC Berkeley is to maximize access to the widest number of Californians at a reasonable cost: mission of diversity and equality of opportunity. Birgeneau’s Breslauer’s ‘charge Californians more’ tuition denies middle income Californians the transformative value of Cal’s higher education. <br /><br />Opinions? UC Board of Regents marsha.kelman@ucop.edu Calif. State Senators, Assembly members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243675294290376991.post-18423366802988879872011-10-29T15:22:33.008-07:002011-10-29T15:22:33.008-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZRMwgT4kychttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZRMwgT4kycAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com