USA University - Higher Education after the Inauguration

The month since the inauguration has made it crystal clear that universities and colleges are going to face a wide range of challenges and a...

USA University - Reclaim True Public Higher Education in California

Today  Reclaim California Higher Education  released its highly anticipated proposal to save the California Master Plan and with it affordab...

USA University - North Carolina Republicans Take Aim at State's Historically Black and Native American Colleges (UPDATED 6/7/16)

Although overshadowed by North Carolina's recent HB2 (forbidding transgender individuals from using the bathroom of their choice), the ...

USA University - This Week at the Regents: The Budget

This week's Regents meeting's Agenda is chock full of important items.  In particular, UCOP is presenting the 2016-2017 budget prop...

USA University - The May Revise

by Joe Kiskis COUNCIL OF UC FACULTY ASSOCIATIONS' STATEMENT ON UC BUDGET DEAL As the Legislature and Governor enter the end game for the...

USA University - Governor Brown Picks Up the Gauntlet

Governor Brown released his 2015-2016 budget proposal today. As expected he demonstrated no willingness to back off in his opposition to tu...

USA University - HIKING TO NOWHERE: UCOP Doubles-Down on Losing Strategy

As you have no doubt seen, UC and Sacramento have already begun the public relations war over UCOP's proposal to hike tuition up to 5% ...

USA University - Towards a new Community of Scholars

In two recent posts ( here and here ) Chris made an educational and ethical case for the public research university shifting its attention...