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For November 20, 2024, People’s Board of Trustees Meeting.
Media Contacts:
- Michelle Hatfield: mhatfield@calfac.org or 916-612-8779
- Lisa Cohen: 310-395-2544
9:30 a.m. press conference, 10 a.m. rally with street theater involving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members; grass area near 401 Golden Shore, Long Beach.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are coming together November 20 to fight the corporatization of the California State University system.
We are done with trustees’ limit of one minute per speaker for public comment during their meetings – we will hold our own public comment to offer space to students, faculty, staff and alumni to share their experiences at the CSU.
We are done with wealthy executives and administrators who spend an ever-increasing amount of taxpayer money on campus cops, administrators, debt, and consultants instead of on instruction and student support services — a betrayal to our 500,000 students, predominantly students of color, at the largest, public, four-year higher education institution in the WORLD.
Background
Background on misguided student tuition increase of 34 percent over the next five years and the pricing out of current and potential students – especially those who identify as Black, brown, immigrant, low-income, and/or first-generation college students.
Background on CSU management’s attempts to repress free speech and academic freedom of students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors.
Background on CSU management’s destructive lean into taking on debt instead of spending precious resources on student instruction and support.
Background on manufactured budget austerity by CSU management.
CFA audit that shows the CSU has stockpiled an $8 billion reserve fund, growing from $2.68 billion in 2006. The financial report also shows the largest growth in personnel spending is on administration – in both dollars and people hired – while spending on instructional support has shrunk. View the presentation here, and the slides here.
Background on increasing executive compensation across the CSU. On average, campus president salaries have risen 27 percent over the last five years.
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