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FEBRUARY 4, 2014 TUESDAY
CSUF funding still a concern Higher contribution from state does not address budget gap MATTHEW MEDINA Daily Titan
Despite additional funding from the state and the California State University chancellor’s office, Cal State Fullerton faculty and administration doubt there is enough money to keep up with student demand. Earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed state budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2014. The amount allocated to the CSU was $8.31 billion, which represents a total increase of $142.2 million over last year’s final budget. That increase is lower than what the CSU Board of Trustees requested from the governor in November, which was $237.6 million. Additionally, when CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White gave his State of the CSU address last Wednesday, he unveiled
his plan to “refocus” the CSU Graduation Initiative, pledging that $50 million will be provided to accomplish key educational goals and reforms. White did not specify how that $50 million would be raised. “(In return) for that investment we will work to improve the graduation rates over the next ten years for all categories of undergraduate students that start with us by 10 percent, and community college transfers by 5 percent,” White said. Several objectives targeted in White’s revised Graduation Initiative are similar to those outlined in the Student Success Initiative, a proposed mandatory fee for CSUF students. The Student Fee Advisory Committee drafted the initial proposal based on student needs they identified, and the university plans to solicit student input through six open forums starting Tuesday on the Irvine Campus at 3:30 p.m. Berenecea Johnson Eanes, Ph.D., the vice president for student
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affairs, acknowledged that the CSUF initiative and White’s planned spending increases overlapped in some instances. However, she said the plan from the chancellor’s office is still tentative. There are still unanswered questions about implementation, so it does not necessarily affect the needs the university hopes to address through the Student Success Initiative. “As it relates to systemwide initiatives, we have to wait,” Eanes said. “We have yet to know what the details are of allocation or process or timing.” Jon Bruschke, Ph.D., a human communication studies professor and a member of the academic senate’s planning resource and budget committee, has been outspoken in the past to call for more funding and increased focus on what he sees as the largest priorities for the university, including hiring more tenure-track faculty and reducing class sizes. Bruschke said the governor’s budget would likely not change the need to advocate for those goals. “I think the governor is trying to be fiscally responsible, but is not really restoring the Cal States to where they were even before the recession hit,” he said in an interview last month. “The amount of money that is being provided by the state is not going to keep up with student demand.” Bruschke said although the university does not always focus on the right goals, getting more funding from the chancellor’s
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Courtesy of the State of California Gov. Jerry Brown tells legislators about his proposed budget and goals for California in his State of the State address on Jan. 22.
office or the state would ultimately be necessary to substantially improve the quality of education at CSUF. “Despite all those burdens that have been getting harder and harder over 20 years, the faculty are deeply committed to the students, want to do their job well, and have managed to keep the quality of education pretty good,” he said. “But that can only happen for so long.” Tonantzin Oseguera, the dean of students, said more stable state funding means the university does not have to endure cuts,
but the Student Success Initiative would “raise the bar,” allowing administration to improve CSUF and achieve more lofty goals. “ASI has been very good about going to the chancellor’s meetings and advocating that that formula (which divides funding among CSU institutions) be changed,” Oseguera said in an interview last month. Oseguera also said White agreed there was a problem with the current funding formula, which gives CSUF the lowest funding per student among all CSU schools.
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Abortions lowest in 3 decades The abortion rate in America dropped to the lowest it has been in three decades in 2011, according to the New York Times. In 2011, 1.1 million abortions were reported, down from the 1.21 million that were reported three years before. In that three-year span, pregnancy rates also decreased. The drop in pregnancy is attributed to growing use of highly effective intrauterine contraceptives among younger women. Intrauterine contraceptives are the most effective but have a high upfront cost, which may be a factor in the higher abortion rates among African-American and Hispanic women. ERIC GANDARILLA
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A federal appeals court has upheld a hold on a California law that bans licensed therapists from trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation, according to the Los Angeles Times. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has given opponents of the ban 90 days to appeal. The Liberty Counsel, a religious rights group, has asked the court to stop further appeal to higher courts. California was the first to discipline licensed therapists if they attempted to change a minor’s same-sexual attraction. The challenges have prevented the enforcement of the law, when it was to take effect in January 2013.
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A former educator was arrested Monday and has been charged with 16 felony counts of sexual abuse of two former students in Riverside County, according to the Los Angeles Times. Andrea Michelle Cardosa, 40, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and lewd acts on a child under 14, according to the LA Times. One accuser, Jamie Carillo, now 28, posted a YouTube video of a recorded phone call with Cardosa. Prosecutors are unsure if the call will be used as evidence, because it was recorded without consent. The video reached over 1 million views, but has been taken down. Cardosa’s arraignment is scheduled for Thursday. CECILY MEZA
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