California State University Board of Trustees voted 11-8 for a $270 annual tuition increase which will take effect this fall. Students shouted their protests both inside and outside the doors of Chancellor Timothy White’s office. Outside, over a hundred CSU students, staff and advocates rallied outside the Chancellor’s office at[Read More…]
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CSU Chancellor Timothy White targeted by David Horowitz Freedom Center
A series of anti-immigration posters were distributed to the California State Universities via email Tuesday morning, calling for the prosecution of CSU Chancellor Timothy White for supporting sanctuary campuses. The posters, which included a caricatured image of White along with the caption, “Defund CSU prosecute Timothy P. White,” were claimed[Read More…]
CSU will not comply with immigration hold requests
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…]
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…]
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…]
Rain storms cost thousands in repairs to potholes
An emergency project has shut down part of the West Campus turnaround until Saturday because of large potholes caused by rain storms from last week. “The rain got underneath the already aging concrete and made what we call the sub-grade, which is the soil underneath the concrete, fail,” Mark Zakhour,[Read More…]
Reclaim California Higher Education demands necessary money from government
Three years ago, Gov. Brown launched a 4-year program of gradually increased budgets for the University of California and the California State University systems, contingent on keeping student fees flat. Sounds pretty good, right? The problem is, such small increases in the state’s share of funding combined with tuition freezes[Read More…]