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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.
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Felicia Johnson, 32, a second year social work student walks to the bus stop after returning some books at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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Felicia Johnson, 32, a second year social work student walks to the bus stop after returning some books at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
May 14, 2021
California’s public colleges and universities would see significant financial investments under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised 2021-22 budget proposal.
The proposal released Friday focuses on affordable student housing, improving the connection between employers and colleges and driving down the cost of textbooks and other expenses. The plan also would provide significant funding to convert Humboldt State University into the CSU system’s third polytechnic campus.
To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
May 12, 2021
CCSF students and the community were peacefully protesting to protect their education and faculty when they were surrounded by police at Tom Temprano’s house. Despite the clear effort to intimidate them, the students did not back down. A CCSF student holds a sign that says “Abolish SFPD! Not CCSF! Stop the 600 layoffs!” – Photo: Glenn Mercado
by Alexis Yonan, Gracie Quinn and Eira Kien of CCSF Collective
Last night, on May 10, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to accept American Federation of Teachers – AFT2121’s – bargaining agreement, effectively preventing all 600 plus layoffs of part-time and full-time faculty. This is a victory with a cost: Our faculty is forced into yearlong 4-11 percent salary concessions, the continuous trend of downsizing through fewer FTEF (full time equivalent faculty) – from 575 FTEF in the
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