Almost every evening our President is out raising funds. People here have no idea what she does. We have been told next academic year, the CSU budget will be reduced. So be ready for that ride. Also, point of interest, junior colleges get their annual budget on in a one line item on each California budget, and they ask for 5 - 10% more. We (CSU) are left wanting and begging for $$$.
Good informative post.
Your information also further heightens what Beach Shark has been posting about Jane not recognizing or ignoring the vital importance of the vast alumni base and the financial or in kind donations we can make to both athletics and academics.
In the last 12=18 months the light has come on and a development staff has been put in place. Hopefully their outreach will pay dividends. There is considerable catching up to be accomplished.
Beach Shark made an interesting comment that the UC schools seem to have more money than the CSU’s. The fact is they do. The UC budget has to pass in whole, which means the Legislature has accept everything on the complete UC budget. The CSU budgets, I mean each independently are scrutinized by the Legislature staff who recommend to each legislator what line items should keep or jettisoned. A very key difference.
Another key difference is CSU Presidents have to explain how discretionary money in their budgets are spent. Whereas the UC Chancellors do not. That means every UC school in the Big West can get and spend discretionary money from each Chancellor. The is no answering to the state Legislature.
Ever wonder why CSU’s are not well funded, and that includes academics.
But wait there is more when Clark Kerr setup the UC system he stipulated that the CSU was for applied programs, majors, while the UC was for research. This whole scheme is bullcrap. To me accounting and CPA’s are an applied majors, so the UC should not be teaching accounting and getting them into CPA programs for credentials.
The UC’s teach something called economics, which at first blush is a research program. However most, like 90% of the people they put in the workforce are accountants! If you want to concentrate on a single point, either the budgeting or the teaching majors, should be looked st very closely.
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