Chancellor of the Cal State University system, Timothy White, said in a statement Wednesday that the CSU will not honor immigration hold requests on behalf of law enforcement agencies, despite the issuance of two memoranda by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. The two Homeland Security memoranda issued on Feb. 21[Read More…]
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CFA sponsors moratorium on tuition increases
The general public was introduced to a tuition-freezing bill known as the Student Protection Act Tuesday morning at Sacramento State University. Written by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva of the 65th district and sponsored by the California Faculty Association, Assembly Bill 393 proposes a four-year moratorium on systemwide tuition and student fee[Read More…]
Associated Students, Inc. plans to lobby for a tuition freeze
Associated Students, Inc. officials are sending the student representatives from Lobby Corps to Sacramento on March 13 to lobby against the tuition increase. “There aren’t enough student voices in the Board of Trustees,” said Senator-at-large Hilda Jurado. “Out of the 25 members of the BOT, there’s only one student voting[Read More…]
Advisory Committee, Jane Close Conoley back health fee increase
After running at a budget deficit of 3 percent in 2016, Cal State Long Beach’s Student Health Services has raised its fee from $45 to $75 per semester and will be implementing the change this fall. The fee has not increased in 12 years, despite the rising costs of healthcare.[Read More…]
Jerry Brown budget proposal threatens Middle Class Scholarship
The Middle Class Scholarship may face funding cuts due to a proposal by California Governor Jerry Brown, potentially affecting 46,000 University of California and California State University students. The MCS was meant to provide financial aid to California undergraduate students who do not qualify for low-income based aid. The scholarship[Read More…]
CSU Board of Trustees debate tuition hike, Students for Quality Education protest
The California State University Board of Trustees weighed a major proposal to increase tuition by 5 percent systemwide at their first meeting of the year yesterday. At the same time, a small but dedicated group of student protestors came to petition against the proposition in the meeting. From information provided[Read More…]
CSU issues statement condemning Trump immigration executive orders
In an email to students, faculty and staff, California State University Chancellor Timothy White and the Presidents of CSU campuses stated their opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. “We are deeply troubled by President Trump’s recent executive order that stands in stark contrast to the fundamental tenets[Read More…]
CSULB media director moves to CSU Chancellor’s office
Michael Uhlenkamp has represented Cal State Long Beach hundreds of times with the press during his two-year stint as the Executive Director of Media and Digital News at CSULB. He is now leaving CSULB to represent the California State University system as the Interim Senior Director of Public Affairs at[Read More…]
California college tuition could be free again
Free higher education could become a reality for California students, according to a policy paper released Tuesday morning through Reclaim California Higher Education. In order to break the ties between California colleges and privatization, the paper suggests an annual tax of no more than $48 for roughly 50 percent of[Read More…]
Associated Students Inc. Senate wraps up fall semester
Cal State Long Beach Provost Brian Jersky updated the Associated Students, Inc. Senate on student enrollment for next year during their meeting Wednesday night. A total of 93,110 students applied for fall 2017, but only 8,000 students accept their admission. About half of the accepted applicants will be freshmen and[Read More…]