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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Face-off over budget may leave Cal Poly with limited funds
Cal Poly faces a budget crisis. Inflation is rising, and the entire California State University System needs more money to combat it. It may not be coming, and the campus may have to cut costs, either in the number of classes offered or in services and grants administration provides. May 11, Governor Brown unveiled his […]
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CSU Board of Trustees discusses possible tuition hike in 2018; decisions not finalized until “at least May”
The CSU Board of Trustees released a statement regarding the possibility of a tuition hike for the 2018-2019 school year.
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Controversy fills trustee meeting
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees wrapped up its May meeting Wednesday by recapping some of its potential cost-cutting strategies to help offset its universities’ budget woes. Chief Financial Officer Benjamin Quillian concluded the two-day meeting by announcing the ideas — including giving additional workload to professors, charging more fees for students and […]
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CSU plans for worst-case scenario
California State University (CSU) trustees discussed cost-reduction measures Tuesday but discounted the possible closure or chartering of one or more of its campuses. CSU system officers presented ideas to offset the ailing university budget at the Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach. Among the potential actions were raising professors’ classloads, discontinuing programs at some […]
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Students march on Sacramento for higher education
Thousands of students converged on Sacramento to protest declining state support of higher education yesterday. California State Student Association (CSSA) President and event organizer Greg Washington said the rally was to bring awareness to budget problems in higher education. Chants from protestors such as: “No cuts, no fees. Education should be free,” demonstrated frustration from […]
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History repeats itself as fee proposal comes to students
Less than three years after voting to increase College Based Fees, Cal Poly students will once again be asked to advise the university president on a school-wide tuition increase come Wednesday. The Student Success Fee brings up uncanny similarities to a proposed fee increase in 2009 that was approved by student voters but shot down […]
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Sliding to Student Success
A slideshow highlighting the 01/23/2012 Student Success Fee Forum.
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Brown pulls trigger, more budget cuts
California Gov. Jerry Brown released his yearly budget proposal last Thursday, introducing the possibility of additional cuts to the California State University (CSU) system. The proposed cuts come less than a month after a December trigger cut slashed $100 million from the CSU budget. That, combined with reductions in funding earlier last year, totaled $750 […]
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CSU budget cut: ‘All the solutions we have are bad solutions’
Because of Governor Jerry Brown’s 2011-2012 proposed cut of $500 million to California State Universities (CSUs), the total state budget cut for Cal Poly now stands at $25.2 million.