Sunday, May 13, 2012
Professors at Cal State Long Beach this week hosted the 18th annual overview of 5 counties, concluding that there has been progress in the past year.
Long Beach, and Southern California, jobs grew in 2011 for the first time since the 2007 economic downturn that rocked the country, and while the pace lags behind historical trajectories, there is cause for measured optimism, experts said this week. At Cal State Long Beach's 18th Annual Regional Economic Forecast, professors told a paying audience that while not remarkable, five Southern California counties have seen a recovery. Orange County was hit the earliest by the housing bubble's burst, and the experts said it's recovery has come soonest. Dr. Lisa Grobar, economics professor and director of the economic forecast, and Dr. Joseph Magaddino, CSULB professor emeritus, interpreted data on trade, housing, employment and income to compile …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The annual 'President of the Year Award' is given to CSU presidents who cooperate and support the mission of the California State Student Association.
Cal State Long Beach President (CSULB) F. King Alexander has been chosen as the winner of the "Robert C. Maxson President of the Year Award" by the California State Student Association (CSSA) for a second time. Alexander was officially announced as the recepient by the CSSA on Wednesday morning during a California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees meeting at the CSU Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach. In 2010, Alexander also received the award, which is given to one president each year by the CSSA in recognition of leadership demonstrating dedication to CSU students in shared governance and support of student issues on a state level. Founded in 1959, the CSSA is considered to be the voice of more than 425, 000 CSU students from 23 …
CSU Long Beach Professor Thomas Gufrey is named one of Princeton Review's top 300 professors.
Belmont Heights house where college officials gathered drew a noisy group of hunger strikers and other students who by bullhorn blasted incoming guests over executive pay at student cost.
A small but noisy group of picketers protesting rising student costs created a spectacle with bullhorns and picket signs outside the Cal State University Chancellor's house in Belmont Heights Tuesday night. A dinner party was underway at the large corner home, on Granada Avenue at Vista, during the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., when the students had legally obtained a city permit to assemble on the sidewalk outside. Long Beach Police Department had at least four patrol cars in the area and officers on the lawn and street observing the scene, along with what appeared to be some form of suited security. The protest was loud but peaceful, led at about 7 to 7:30 p.m. by a dozen or so students, and perhaps as many photographers videotaping the …
Documents posted online show that University of California students could see their tuition raised by six percent this fall while a CSU committee freezes public funding of new college presidents' compensation.
The salaries of new Cal State University presidents would be frozen at the level of their predecessors under a policy approved by a CSU Board of Trustees committee Tuesday, but private foundations would be permitted to raise funds on their own to increase the compensation by up to 10 percent. At the same time, documents posted online ahead of next week's UC Board of Regents meeting show that UC students in the 10-campus system could see their tuiton raised by 6 percent this fall if the state doesn't increase funding by $125 million for 2012-13, according to a report by the Associated Press. “We’re at a critical stage at the university. The regents would face more draconian choices if the governor’s initiative fails,” Patrick Lenz, vice …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
This winning photo was taken during a November CSU Board of Trustees protest over executive pay, of which the board may freeze public funding today.
Stefan Agregado,a senior at Cal State University, Long Beach, has been awarded the Society of Professional Journalist (SPJ) 2011 Mark of Excellence Award for breaking news photography for a piece entitled “CSU students arrested in protest,” school officials announced Monday. The photograph, framed between the legs of a CSU police officer, shows two female students laying faced down and being handcuffed. The shot was taken during a CSU Board of Trustees meeting last November during a protest against raising tuition and the “state’s general disinvestment in higher education,” according to a statement from the school. “When my advisors at the paper told me about [the award], I could hardly react. I didn’t know what to say,” said Agregado, a …
Student and faculty protests are expected at today's meeting at CSU's Long Beach headquarters after months of outcry about exec salaries and bonuses while severe budget cuts force tuition hikes.
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Tuesday, May 8
The Cal State University Board of Trustees today may vote to halt executive salary or benefit raises by public funding but would still permit the board to pay such expenses from private foundation money or donors. The Board, which meets at the system's Long Beach headquarters, has been criticized by faculty, students and parents for substantial pay raises and hiring bonuses to newly hired college executives while state budgets have cut CSU funding and forced several student tuitition hikes. A student protest at CSU headquarters last year turned into a melee and ended the meeting. Last week, a dozen CSU students including Long Beach State vowed to fast for a week to demand a 5-year tuition freeze and draw board attention to the issue. The …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
A dozen Cal State students have launched a one-week fast in protest of rising college tuition.
At least one Long Beach State student is among a dozen from six Cal State campuses who are on a hunger strike to press their demands for tuition cuts. The action began Wednesday and is intended to end next Wednesday, when the CSU Board of Trustees meets at the Long Beach campus. There, the hunger strikers hope to present their demands, The San Fernando Valley Sun reported. The group heading the effort is Students for Quality Education, an organization at Cal State schools. The 12 students attend Cal State Long Beach, Fullerton, Dominguez Hills, Sacramento, San Bernardino and four are from Cal State Northridge, according to the Sun. The students decided on a hunger strike because they said CSU Chancellor Charles E. Reed (who owns a Belmont …
Should contract negotiations remain unchanged, then fall classes may start two days late for 450,000 students at 23 Cal State campuses, teachers say.
California State University teachers overwhelmingly authorized two-day rolling strikes at the CSU's 23 campuses should ongoing contract talks fail to reach an agreement. The vote by 95% of faculty to okay strikes only legally enables the walk-outs in the event talks fail. But the two-week voting period by a 70% turnout of California Faculty Association members was endorsed by 95%, it was announced at California State University, Long Beach Wednesday. "Nobody wants to go on strike," said Teri Yamada, head of the Long Beach State CFA chapter and an Asian American Studies professor, who is also the faculty advisor for the Cambodian student club. "But two years ago, CFA asked to just keep the contract as is, due to economic strife, just keep …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Middle school students, parents, teachers and other Belmont Shore residents were part of the tree-planting effort.
Hundreds of students, their families and teachers recycled for months to raise money to buy new trees for Will Rogers Middle School in Belmont Shore. The Rogers PTA contributed funds. And this weekend, the Rogers Green Party planted them. Led by Mr. Sheldon (king of recycling and known to adults as Paul Sheldon), a small but mighty team of volunteer students and parents spent several hours Saturday digging holes and planting 25 trees. Mr. Sheldon was also able to afford some bamboo for the greening of the campus, located at Monrovia and Appian Way. When you see these hard-working volunteers in our photos, give them a shout-out. And check out the trees. The give-away is the freshly dug dirt ring at their base.
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Joe Blow
12:35 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Thank you to the board for stopping the increase.leader must lead by example.And the bottom line is our kids must have an affordable schooling. that's what distinguish America from other country..these kids are our next Steve Jobs, next Bill Gates and next Warren Buffet. more ›