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Click above for the long-awaited snapshot of UC finances in PDF form.
Click here for an abbreviated version in audio-visual form.
FACTS and POSITIONS
- CUE supports the demands of the coalition for greater state support
of public education, K through University, and the need for greater
transparency and accountability of the Regents’ of the University to the
people of the state of California;
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The updated report and analysis [above] of UC’s
financial position by economist Peter Donohue, PhD, is an eye-opening
view of what UC administrators have done to obscure the financial
assets they manage;
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The State of California has a financial crisis —
not UC;
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State appropriations to UC have increased 57% from fiscal 1990-91 to
November 2009, as tuition and fees rose 277% over the same period, not including the November 2009 Regents tuition increase of 32%;
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Only 3% of CUE salaries are paid from student tuition and fees;
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Less than one-third (1/3) of CUE wages and benefits are paid from
State appropriations;
- The Legislative Analyst's Office has consistently criticized the “Executive Bloat” of the University of California, which has increased
118% from 1996 to 2006, while faculty positions increased 34% and
student enrollment increased 33% [according to research conducted by
UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus of Physics Charles Schwartz];
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Clerical and allied services employees have been denied salary
increases since 2007, besides experiencing temporary layoffs equivalent
to 4-6% salary cut, at the same time as medical premiums, parking and
transportation fees increased;
- The University of California admits that clerical and allied
services employee salaries are far behind that of comparable employees
of the CSU system, comparable “national” publicly-supported
universities and public- and private-sector employers in California
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UC has the ability to pay for increased UC clerical and allied
services employee salaries without harming its educational, research
and public service mission.
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