Laura Quinn splits her weekdays between Cal State San Bernardino, the University of Redlands and her 12-year-old child. Quinn teaches for ten hours on Tuesday and Thursday and from nine until seven on Monday and Wednesday. “My schedule is crazy,” she said. Quinn is among the many CSU lecturers who have to work a second […]
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CSU Employees Union reaches tentative agreement with CSU
After five months of bargaining, the California State University reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers, Statewide University Police Association and the California State University Employee’s Union.
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CSU student assistant union gains enough votes to hold union election
On Monday, student assistants petitioning for unionization within the California State University (CSU) system announced that they had met the requirement to move forward with an election to become a part of the California State University Employee Union (CSUEU). The union election will allow CSU student assistant employees to vote to have a union represent […]
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CSU systemwide Title IX review urges more oversight in Chancellor’s Office, highlighting ‘trust gap’
The California State University system needs more oversight and accountability for Title IX reports, according to a recently completed yearlong assessment from the Cozen O’Connor law firm. Since March 2022, the firm analyzed the 23 CSU campuses and assessed the implementation of Title IX and Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation (DHR) programs. On Monday they published […]
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Unions march across CSU campuses to demand salary reform
Unions across the CSU campuses held marches on Monday for salary reform. At Cal Poly, the California State University Employees Union (CSUEU), Academic Professionals of California (APC), California Faculty Association (CFA) and Teamsters Unions marched across campus demanding salary steps. “The CSU is the lowest paid state agency without a salary steps program and what […]
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Cal Poly shares update on Semester Conversion Project
Cal Poly Provost Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore sent an email to the campus community with updated information on the semester conversion project — announcing a partnership with global management firm Sia Partners for the university’s system and business practices. As the last campus in the CSU system still on the quarter system, the Office of the Chancellor […]
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Cal Poly’s discrimination and harassment policies are under review. Here’s how to give your input
A law firm hired to do a Title IX assessment across all 23 CSU campuses is holding open forums at Cal Poly this week to gain input from students, faculty and staff. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any academic environment that receives federal funding and requires schools to implement […]
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Former Cal Poly professor’s research finds downsides to semester system
In October 2021, Cal Poly SLO officially announced it would change to the semester system, set to begin Fall 2026. The conversion has since been met with mixed reactions from the campus community. In June 2019, research was published by three individuals, including former Cal Poly economics professor Stefanie Fischer. In this research, the team […]
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MN Now: October 6, 2022
Mustang News Lead Producer Matthew Bornhorst brings you the top stories from this week.
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Cal Poly students to present research at CSU-wide competition
Ten research projects conducted by Cal Poly students and recent alumni will be presented at the 36th annual California State University (CSU) Student Research Competition. The annual competition will take place on Friday and Saturday via Zoom. The systemwide competition is open to students from all 23 CSU campuses and includes scholarly research projects from […]
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A plea to CSU admissions: judge us on more than GPA
Jessa Rosenthal is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. I took the ACT three times, the SAT once and had months of tutoring to prepare myself for the exams. This was normal at my high school. We were taught that if we […]