With rising costs of college attendance, many students struggle to afford textbooks. While renting and buying older editions of required course materials barely remedy costs, a new bill aims to cut costs by 30 percent. Governor Jerry Brown signed the College Textbook Affordability Act, or AB 798, into legislation on[Read More…]
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Any news pertaining to the CSU system as a whole, not just CSULB. This includes news that affects all of the universities in the CSU system.
CFA begins ‘Fight for Five’ strike authorization vote Monday
With upraised fists, campaign banners and chants that could be heard across campus, the California State University, Long Beach chapter of the California Faculty Association opened voting Monday to authorize a strike. The strike vote came about after final budget negotiations with the California State University Chancellor failed last week.[Read More…]
CSU and CFA faculty salary mediations closed Thursday
Formal mediation between the California Faculty Association and the California State University system on the topic of salary increases for CSU faculty has officially failed. On Thursday, the two parties met in Sacramento to make one last attempt at closing the gap between the CFA’s 5 percent salary increase request[Read More…]
CSU web conference talks budget and labor
A web conference between the California State University system and student media on Friday allowed both parties to discuss shared concerns between all 23 universities. Three CSU representatives shared information on the upcoming year’s budget, student fees and labor relations. Storm, the CSU Assistant Vice Chancellor for Budget, kicked off[Read More…]
Town hall to discuss changes to President’s Scholars program
Community members and concerned students will gather at the California State University, Long Beach Anatol Center on Friday to discuss the proposed changes to the school’s President’s Scholars program. Future president’s scholars at CSULB will soon face changes to the scholarship program that reduce the amount of aid offered in[Read More…]
FAFSA due date moves up to October
Students applying for financial aid through the federal government will have shorter deadlines to turn in all the required documents, according to a new press release from the White House. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid deadline will be pushed up by two months, effective starting in 2016, according[Read More…]
CSULB not affected by the CSU breach
Data Breach Brief California State University, Long Beach officials confirmed that its students are safe from a hole in security that leaked information on students enrolled in a required sexual harassment course. According to a statement by the CSU, the breach affected nearly 80,000 students across eight other California State[Read More…]
Comparing CSU parking permit prices
With 23 different California State Universities, research shows that a parking permit at California State University, Long Beach lands the school in the top ten lowest parking prices across the system. Students at CSULB are required to pay $123 each semester in order to park in any of the nine[Read More…]
CSU rejects pay raise proposal from faculty
The California State University system last Wednesday rejected a proposal from the California Faculty Association that called for a 5 percent General Salary Increase for the coming academic year. The CSU had slotted a 2 percent salary increase for all employees into its latest state budget, representing $65.5 million. According[Read More…]
CSU trustees approve presidents’ pay raises
The California State University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 2 percent pay increase for CSU university presidents and executives on Tuesday. All 23 university presidents and the CSU chancellor, executive vice chancellors and vice chancellors will be receiving the pay increase effective July 1. “Recruiting and retaining high-quality leadership,[Read More…]