USA University - Governor Brown Renews His Commitment to Educational Decline

Governor Brown released his May Revision of the California budget.  His higher education revisions  suggest little beyond his continuing re...

USA University - Responding to Bulk Cuts in Qualitative Fields: the Case of Stevens Point, Part I

There may be one benefit of Republican downgrades of the University of Wisconsin system in recent years: insight into the kind of public col...

USA University - UC Needs New Leadership

The UC Regents have finally released Justice Moreno's Report into the allegations that UCOP interfered with last year's audit.  As ...

USA University - UC Loses More Autonomy

In the latest fallout from last spring's disastrous, and disastrously handled, audit, Governor Brown has just signed a new law that tig...

USA University - A Faculty Overview of the UC Budget--Tenth Anniversary Edition

This week's UC Regents meeting is the tenth anniversary of a Senate First and, so far, a Senate last--a direct presentation to the UC Re...

USA University - The Budget Revision After the UCOP Audit

The Governor's May budget revision is the first concrete sign of UC's weakened condition following the release of the Auditor's ...

USA University - What Berkeley's Problem is Not

As the Berkeley and Davis campuses seek new chancellors, they'll be looking for people who can deal with endless public university budge...

USA University - The Decline and Fall of Shared Governance at UC

President Napolitano's formal proposal for a new pension tier has been posted in the Agenda for next week's Regents' Meeting.  ...

USA University - The New Normal isn't Normal--It Erodes Democracy

We've been told that public colleges and universities have entered a New Normal. It's supposed to be stable and sustainable. It give...