Los Angeles Times June 25, 2009
Larry Gordon
UCLA employees protest proposed pay cuts, furloughs
More than 2,000 UCLA employees, including researchers, custodians, nurses and secretaries, gathered at Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday to protest plans for pay cuts and furloughs proposed by the University of California.
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Los Angeles Times June 15, 2009
Michael Hiltzik
A California tax on oil drilling? Why not?
The most persistent misconception about Californians is that we hate to raise taxes. The truth is that we adore raising taxes -- as long as someone else is paying, that is.
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Daily 49er June 10, 2009
Editorial
Our View-State legislators are committing academic genocide
Rather than calling the ongoing slashes to our educational systems an “unwanted and painful necessity,” as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did last week, we should call it what it really is — California’s academic genocide.
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Los Angeles Times May 29, 2009
Gale Holland
California could be the first state to cut student aid while hiking fees
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to dismantle the Cal Grant program would make California the first state in the recession-battered nation to eliminate student financial aid while raising college tuition, experts said this week.
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Sacramento Bee May 24, 2009
Daniel Weintraub
The Conversation: Where do we go from here, Californians?
Last week's resounding verdict from the voters came as little surprise to anyone in the Capitol. It was clear long before the election's votes were cast and counted that Californians were not going to pass a series of ballot measures needed to ratify a bipartisan compromise enacted in February to help stabilize the state budget.
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Los Angeles Times May 22, 2009
Eric Bailey and Patrick McGreevy
The governor suggests dismantling welfare programs for families and ending CalGrants for college students.
With deficit forecasts growing darker by the day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a plan to slash California's safety net for the poor by eliminating the state's main welfare program, health insurance for low-income families and cash grants to college students.
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North County Times May 14, 2009
By Fritz Kreisler and Don Barrett
FORUM: Prop. 1A's damage to higher education
The bumper sticker says, "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
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Sacramento Bee May 10, 2009
Daniel Weintraub
The Conversation: Prop 1A bedfellows: Only in California
As I waited in the green room with three other guests before a forum last week on Capital Public Radio, the odd politics surrounding Proposition 1A became clearer than ever.
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Oakland Tribune April 29, 2009
Katy Murphy
Prop. 1A has teacher groups divided
A statewide ballot measure in the May 19 special election has created a big rift in the education world, even though an accompanying proposition would return $9.3 billion to public schools.
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Los Angeles Times April 28, 2009
Phil Angelides
The false promise of Prop. 1A
Even in this season of economic crisis, it's hard not to be optimistic about California's future.
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Redding Searchlight Record April 28, 2009
Letter to the Editor
Budget cuts stymie students' success
There's good news and bad news on the higher education front in California these days, but so far the bad news is trumping the good.
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Los Angeles Times April 27, 2009
Michael Hiltzik
California budget fixes on May 19 ballot are mostly shams and frauds
One can always tell that a California election is drawing near because commercials lying about ballot propositions start crowding commercials lying about detergents and pharmaceuticals off the TV.
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Los Angeles Times April 23, 2009
George Skelton
Two budget measures equal one case of confusion
Back in 1973, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan called a special election to sell voters on his proposed tax and spending limit. It was complex and convoluted.
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Wall Street Journal April 9, 2009
Jim Carlton
Budget Woes Take Their Toll on Cal State University System
Relentless budget cutting by California lawmakers is taking some of the luster off the California State University system, one of the state's most prized institutions.
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Press Release February 23, 2009
State Senator Yee
Yee Introduces Higher Education Reform Bills
Legislation will bring greater transparency, protect whistleblowers, reign in executive compensation
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Contra CostaTimes January 31, 2009
Editorial
It's time for California's lawmakers to end partisan bickering and solve budget mess – now
TODAY, California has become a national embarrassment. We have become the poster child for dysfunctional government.
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National Public Radio January 29, 2009
Marianne Russ for Marketplace
California running out of cash
California is $40 billion in debt, and lawmakers can't agree on how to balance the budget.
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Los Angeles Times January 28, 2009
Gale Holland
Cal State students speak up over proposed slashes to financial aid
Nathonas Duro, 21, rises Mondays at 6 a.m., takes her brother to school and is at her campus office job by 8 a.m. at Cal State San Bernardino, where she is a full-time student.
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January 13, 2009
Coverage Log
A listing of the new coverage garnered by CFA's study, "California at the edge of a cliff:"
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Sacramento Bee, January 11, 2009
Pia Lopez
Once great, state's public higher education is sliding fast
California still is among the richest and most highly educated states. Whee. Hurrah. Drinks all around. Let's pat ourselves on the back. Good news in these bleak budget times, eh?
Not so fast.
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The Eureka Times-Standard, January 10, 2009
Donna Tam
CFA report paints grim picture of education and economy
A recently released report emphasized the symbiotic relationship between the state's economy and its educational system by painting a grim picture of the state's deteriorating education levels.
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San Diego Union Tribune, January 9, 2009
Deborah Reed
A Lack of College-Educated Workers
As state leaders grapple with the budget crisis, short-term solutions are eclipsing long-term priorities in higher education. Budget cuts and resulting fee increases are expected to reduce admissions and enrollment in community colleges and in the California State University and University of California systems.
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Long Beach Press Telegram, January 7, 2009
Connie Llanos
State's college stature on wane
Once regarded as a national leader in higher education, California is quickly falling in the ranks as fewer young people graduate high school and enroll in college, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Faculty Association.
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Contra Costa Times, January 7, 2009
New study shows California's deteriorating educational status
California ranks next to last in states where the adult population has at least a high school education, according to a report released today by the California Faculty Association at Cal State Los Angeles.
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Sacramento Bee, January 4, 2009
Opinion
Mark G. Yudof: Our future: Human capital
I'm a newcomer to California. I've been here seven months now. But throughout my life, whether I was in Pennsylvania, Minnesota or Texas, the state of California always held a special place in the public mind. It represented promise and upward mobility. It represented a better life. It represented the future.
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