Despite the continued success of Graduation Initiative 2025, California State University students and faculty were concerned about how funds are being allocated by the Board of Trustees at its meeting this Tuesday. Graduation Initiative 2025 was first passed by the Board of Trustees in 2015 with the goal of increasing[Read More…]
Tag: Gov. Jerry Brown
Commencement Conundrum: Lack of communication leaves students confused
Less than four months away from 2018 graduation, thousands of Cal State Long Beach seniors were shocked to have the rug pulled out from under them after learning that live music would be cut from the ceremony and the original venue would be moved. When the changes to the 2018[Read More…]
Council seeks to regulate ‘granny flats’ citywide, upholds decision to build a battery storage facility
Long Beach City Council unanimously approved to add a state-of-the-art battery storage facility in the Los Cerritos area. Battery storage facility Warren Blesofsky, a representative of Long Beach Citizens for Fair Development, filed an appeal which contends that council should not allow Applied Energy Services Corp — a global power[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…]