Matthew Davidson, a philosopher at Cal State-San Bernadino, writes:
The California State University system, with 23 campuses, 405,000 students, and 44,000 faculty and staff, is the largest and most diverse university system in the country. However, with steep student fee increases, stagnating and very low wages for faculty, and executive perks that members of the California Legislature have called an instance of "fraud", the system is in deep trouble. The CSU turns out more than 50% of the public school teachers in the state. This makes the disintegration of the CSU all the more troubling.
Here is a link showing executive salaries and perks (including keeping their salaries even after they leave the CSU). It is truly amazing to behold the corruption, especially when one compares the salaries and perks to the compensation for a full professor who has been in the CSU for 25 years--roughly $87,000.
Here is the San Francisco Chronicle article that first called public attention to the economic crimes in the CSU.
On Nov. 15th, 1500 faculty and staff descended on the CSU Board of Trustees meeting to protest the dire conditions in the CSU. Here is very powerful footage of the event, including a widely-covered speech to the Trustees by State Senator Gloria Romero
****Protest video, part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtPqtbLKjU
****Protest Video, part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapMojPqAIM
I would appreciate any coverage you could give this situation in your blog. We need all the help we can get in educating these students and producing an informed electorate. California's Master Plan for higher education is in a shambles. And this is catastrophic for the state, and potentially for the country, as well.
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