Where will it lead? - Part 2

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Blog readers will know that on June 4th we posted about an effort to get extra funding from the legislature for UC-Riverside on the grounds that Riverside gets less out-of-state tuition money (because it is not in high demand for out-of-state students). We also noted that the Riverside chancellor seems to be staying aloof from the legislative campaign for the additional funding.

Finally, we noted that UCOP was being cautious about a situation in which individual UC campuses go to the legislature for a bigger share of the budgetary pie. There could be a zero-sum element to such a process, particularly in periods of fiscal stringency.

According to EdSource, the Riverside extra funding was incorporated into the budget sent by the legislature to the governor to comply with the June 15th deadline for budgetary enactment.** The governor could use his line-item veto to eliminate the Riverside funding. Or not.

* http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/06/where-will-it-lead.html.

** https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2022/06/uc-riverside-funding/.

UC Regents Ortiz Oakley resigns as head of Community Colleges

Thursday, June 16, 2022

From the LA Times: California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, a champion of equity and access for underserved students, announced Thursday that he is stepping down from the helm of the nation’s largest two-year public college system amid rising academic achievement but declining enrollment. Oakley, the son of a Mexican immigrant who rose to become the first Latino chancellor of the 116-campus community college system nearly six years ago, will become president and CEO of College Futures Foundation, an Oakland-based nonprofit focused on college success for the state’s diverse students.

Oakley, who also serves as a University of California Board of Regents member, has been a force to reduce barriers to college access, including eliminating the SAT and ACT as admission requirements and better supporting students aiming to transfer to UC and other four-year universities. He said he would continue that work at the foundation in a role that would allow him to work with all colleges and universities, along with Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-16/california-communitycolleges-chancellor-eloy-ortiz-oakley-to-resign.