During the second day of the Board of Trustees meeting, the board ratified an extension for the collective bargaining agreement between the Cal State system and the California Faculty Association, which included a faculty salary increase. The board extended the agreement until June 30, 2020; the original agreement was set[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.
CSU Board of Trustees talk of another potential tuition increase
For several hours Tuesday afternoon, a 25-member board of trustees sat at the round tables in the Cal State University Chancellor’s Office to deliberate on an operating budget plan, which could potentially be hinged upon yet another tuition hike. After an announcement that the budget’s plan needed additional funding, board[Read More…]
NPR host Tavis Smiley visits CSULB to weigh in on higher education
Although there is no quick solution to dissolving barriers within higher education, Tavis Smiley and five panelists attempted to examine the root of problems like access, retention and graduation rates during a panel last week. For the last 25 years, broadcasts from late-night television and National Public Radio host Tavis[Read More…]
Milo Yiannopoulos event incites anger and conflict among students at CSUF
Chaos ensued Tuesday evening as a murky blend of protesters, supporters and armed police officers crowded the perimeter of the Titan Student Union at Cal State Fullerton, awaiting the arrival of Milo Yiannopoulos. The event was preceded by intense protesting which led to the arrests of at least eight people[Read More…]
CSUEU Rally
Negotiations for a new contract begin again between CSUEU and the CSU system. University staff members met in front of Brotman Hall on Wednesday in support of the union bargaining team in San Jose.
CSULB takes on the Real Food Challenge
In an effort to promote a more sustainable style of food, Cal State Long Beach is currently in the process of achieving a new food policy to increase spending on locally grown, ecologically friendly produce. After California’s struggle to combat record droughts and wildfires in 2014, the California State University[Read More…]
Negotiations for a new contract begin again between CSUEU and the CSU system
Beneath an unforgiving sun, a crowd of about 20 individuals sporting blue shirts and signs gathered in front of Brotman Hall on Wednesday to peacefully protest the pay grade structures and benefits for Cal State Long Beach staff. The Long Beach chapter of the California State University Employees Union rallied[Read More…]
CSU executive administrators receive pay increase
Cal State Board of Trustees created conflict among students after their Sept. 19 meeting with the decision to raise executive administration pay within the Cal State University system. Michael Uhlenkamp, interim senior director of public affairs for Cal States, said that executive administrators, presidents and chancellors, received a pay raise[Read More…]
Title IX sees revisions in Washington, but potentially less so at CSULB
An era of strict policy came to a close last Friday when U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced changes regarding Title IX and the subsequent withdrawal of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Assault. The U.S. Department of Education released an interim Q&A that outlines the department’s current[Read More…]
CSU Board of Trustees extends bargaining with faculty
The Cal State University Board of Trustees have extended a tentative bargaining agreement with the California Faculty Association to incrementally raise faculty pay over the next two years. Michael Uhlenkamp, interim senior director of public affairs for the CSU system, explained that the bargaining agreement reached on Tuesday Sept. 26[Read More…]