The cloud-based system Canvas is set to fully replace Moodle — the system that powers PolyLearn — by Fall 2020.
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Administration and faculty union spar over UPD racial profiling accusations
An allegation of racial profiling by University Police on Thursday has sparked an investigation and spurred a series of hostile emails between President Armstrong and Cal Poly’s faculty union. An email to all members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) alleged a faculty member of color was placed in handcuffs, searched for weapons and released […]
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Union suspects racial profiling after email alleges UPD handcuffed faculty member of color
The California Faculty Association (CFA) suspects University Police racially profiled a faculty member of color during a traffic stop, according to an email obtained by Mustang News sent to all union members Thursday, Nov. 14. But after an initial search, University Police cannot find any incidents matching the description. After being pulled over earlier this […]
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Audit says CSU hid $1.5 billion in reserves during tuition hikes
The California State University (CSU) was not transparent about a surplus of more than $1.5 billion while negotiating state funding and raising student tuition, according to an audit report released Thursday, June 20. Auditor Elaine Howle alleges the CSU did not properly disclose the money to students or legislators. The majority of the budget surplus was […]
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Proposed bill to freeze university president’s salaries when student tuition increases
The California State University (CSU) could be prohibited from raising university presidents’ salaries in the same year of a tuition increase. Assembly Bill 930, authored by Assemblymember Todd Gloria of San Diego, was amended on May 16, 2019. The bill requires each university’s chancellor’s office to provide annual reports of the campus budget in comparison […]
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Starting Fall 2020, students will see changes and more flexibility with electives in GE curriculum
After more than 20 years with the same General Education (GE) curriculum sheet, a new template will go into effect Fall 2020. “It attempts to balance student choice of GE courses with the effort to promote breadth in the courses they take,” Chair of the General Education Governance Board and Psychology Department Chair Gary Laver […]
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ASI resolution urges Cal Poly to provide alternate financial opportunities for undocumented students
Cal Poly does not currently have a protocol to provide jobs for students who do not have a social security number, according to Dream Center coordinator Kathrine Zevallos Pastor. But the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution urging Cal Poly to change that. The board resolution urges Cal Poly to […]
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Only 2,000 students voted on the new logo. Neither of the proposals were the final version.
The new Cal Poly logo is in full effect, across campus and Cal Poly’s website and social media accounts. Last graduating class was the first to have the new logo stamped on their diploma. When campus contractor SimpsonScarborough sent out a survey to determine student reactions to proposed logo changes, only 2,000 students responded. Fifty […]
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Cal Grant expansion tops list of college affordability bills: Track them here
California’s financial aid system could get its biggest overhaul in 20 years if a proposal backed by key Assembly Democrats becomes law. And that’s just one of a slew of college affordability bills in play this legislative session. Call it ‘The Year of the Struggling Student’: Concern about the nation’s $1.5 trillion in student debt, a […]
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Cal Poly says “university leaders are listening” as students rally for demands
Roughly 35 students from clubs and organizations across campus gathered in front of Administration (building 1) May 16 to rally behind demands aimed at Cal Poly administration. The group supports providing an additional $141,000 for the Black Academic Excellence Center, the Dream Center, the MultiCultural Center, the Gender Equity Center, the Pride Center, the Ethnic Studies […]
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The resolution to kick Chick-fil-A off campus passed — but that doesn’t mean it’s leaving yet
After the resolution’s second hearing, a majority vote passed it at the Academic Senate meeting. However, because the franchise is out of the Academic Senate’s jurisdiction, the resolution cannot terminate the contract itself but can only suggest Cal Poly Corporation to do so.