Just as fierce battles waged for endorsements in the races for Governor and US Senator, the California Democratic Party passed its 2018 platform on Sunday that would make California first-in-the-nation to support fully tuition-free public colleges for all. The platform states that the California Democratic Party supports a return to the Master Plan of 1960…
From: http://dailynexus.com/2017-10-05/48-fix-a-s-supports-plan-that-could-make-higher-education-free/ $48 Fix: A.S. Supports Plan That Could Make Higher Education Free The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate unanimously voted at Wednesday’s meeting to support the “$48 Fix,” a plan to make higher education free for California college students. The resolution acts as a directive for the office of the A.S. president and external vice…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact: Amy Hines-Shaikh Director, Reclaim Higher Education Coalition Tel: (562) 201-9243 Contact: Jonathan Abboud Vice President, Santa Barbara CCD Board of Trustees Tel: (310) 734 9791 California Democratic Party Endorses Tuition-Free Public College “$48 Fix” Can Make Higher Ed Accessible to All – And Alleviate Student Debt Crisis SACRAMENTO,…
The Academic Senate of the California State University has endorsed the recommendations in “The $48 Fix.” The full text of their resolution follows: Saving California’s Master Plan Through Tax Reform AS-3285-17/FA (Rev) RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU) endorse the recommendations in “The $48 Fix1: Reclaiming California’s Master Plan for…
(A PDF of this report — prettier than this web version and suitable for printing — is available. A spreadsheet with all the data and charts in this report is also available.) California’s commitment to its world-acclaimed system of public higher education has declined dramatically since 2000, at tremendous loss to California’s people, economy and…
Several of the authors presented our policy paper at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Here is how the panel appeared in the meeting’s Program: Reinvigorating California’s Master Plan for Higher Education Henry Reichman, First Vice-President, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine, University of California…
Here are links to articles that develop from the press event held today to release our policy paper. We will add links below as we come across them: Academe Blog (1/24): The $48 Fix: Reclaiming California’s Master Plan The Turlock Journal (1/24): Report shows how California can achieve tuition free college education Remaking the University…
Below, please find the handout that we prepared for the September 26, 2015, Reclaim Higher Education Strategic Planning Conference. It is also attached as a PDF. Professor Stanton Glantz presented the information in the handout. His slides are available as well. Restoring the Promise of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education “The University of California…
By Stanton A. Glantz, Professor of Medicine, UCSF Once, California had abundant water and few foresaw the challenge of global warming. Governor Brown, recognizing that it is impossible to simply roll back the clock on these problems, is leading California to confront this changed reality with enormous efforts that have uncertain outcomes. But there is…
