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California public colleges and universities will receive a massive funding boost to expand affordable student housing, repair aging facilities, better train students for state workforce needs and shift Humboldt State to a technology focus under the budget proposal unveiled Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The state’s unexpected $75-billion surplus allowed Newsom to restore steep cuts imposed last year as the COVID-19 pandemic battered the economy and to invest a record-setting $48.7 billion in the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges and the California Student Aid Commission. That amounts to a 5% increase in base ongoing general funds for UC and Cal State, Newsom said.
University of California Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today (May 14) issued the following statement on Gov. Newsom’s revised 2021-22 budget:
The University of California is deeply grateful to Gov. Newsom for proposing the largest state investment in UC’s history: more than $807 million, which includes more than $506 million in ongoing funding for core campus operations, student needs and medical training. The budget, with the support of legislative leadership, reflects an earlier agreement to fully restore more than $300 million in budget reductions that were enacted in the 2020 state budget.
Should University of California campus police be reformed or defunded?
The question is at the heart of a sharp disagreement that surfaced Tuesday during a UC symposium part of an effort to “reimagine” campus safety following demands for racial justice after the police killing of George Floyd last year.
The chasm was evident when some critics skewered the meeting for lopsidedly focusing on how to improve policing rather than exploring ways to replace it with alternatives.
Both the UC Academic Senate Council, composed of faculty leaders at all 10 campuses, and the UC Student Assn. have called for disarming and substantially defunding campus police, proposing instead that those resources be redirected to support marginalized students and to study and develop other methods of campus safety. Several coalitions promoting those views have formed, including Cops Off Campus and the DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective.
Should University of California campus police be reformed or defunded?
The question is at the heart of a sharp disagreement that surfaced Tuesday during a UC symposium part of an effort to “reimagine” campus safety following demands for racial justice after the police killing of George Floyd last year.
The chasm was evident when some critics skewered the meeting for lopsidedly focusing on how to improve policing rather than exploring ways to replace it with alternatives.
Both the UC Academic Senate Council, composed of faculty leaders at all 10 campuses, and the UC Student Assn. have called for disarming and substantially defunding campus police, proposing instead that those resources be redirected to support marginalized students and to study and develop other methods of campus safety. Several coalitions promoting those views have formed, including Cops Off Campus and the DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective.
More students than ever before applied for admission to UC Davis this year, according to data released this week by the University of California. A record 105,850 applicants applied to enter UC Davis as freshman and transfer students in fall 2021, a nearly 12% increase over last year’s 94,763 applic