en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1119660 Comments by moravecglobal http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/05/03/uc-san-diego-names-carnegie-mellon-universitys-college-of-engineering-dean-pradeep-khosla-new-chancellor/#IDComment353568765 Did you know that University of California has a campus that has the highest public tuition/fees in all the 50 satates? University of California Berkeley Chancellor makes Cal. farther and farther out of reach for the sons and daughters of Californians. UCB Chancellor Robert J Birgeneau is outspoken on why elite public universities, like Cal, should charge Californians more. With Birgeneau’s leadership UCB is more expensive (on an all-in-cost) than private Harvard and Yale. Cal. is the most expensive public higher education in our country! Birgeneau ($450,000 salary) likes to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving him every dollar expected. The Chancellor’s ‘charge more’ instate tuition skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011-12 academic year. If Birgeneau had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over the past 10 years they would still be in reach of most middle income students. Increasing funding is not Cal’s solution. Thu, 3 May 2012 21:55:26 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/05/03/uc-san-diego-names-carnegie-mellon-universitys-college-of-engineering-dean-pradeep-khosla-new-chancellor/#IDComment353568765 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment351705914 University of California instate tuition must increase says Chancellor and Provost. University of California Berkeley (UCB) Chancellor Robert J Birgeneau is outspoken on why elite public universities should charge more. With Birgeneau’s leadership UCB is more expensive (on an all-in-cost) than private Harvard and Yale. Cal. is the most expensive public higher education in our country. World ranking of prestigious universities has Harvard #1, Cal # 5. Birgeneau would like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving him every dollar asked for. The Chancellor’s ‘charge more’ instate tuition skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011-12 academic year. If Birgeneau had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over the past 10 years they would still be in reach of most middle income students with the help of affordable student loans. Increasing Cal’s funding is not the solution. Tue, 1 May 2012 03:37:10 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment351705914 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment340752076 I love University of California having been a student & lecturer. Like so many I am disappointed by Provost George Breslauer’s and Chancellor Birgeneau’s failure to arrest escalating costs/tuition. Birgeneau/Breslauer doubled instate tuition. On an all-in cost UC Berkeley (UCB) is the most expensive public university; more expensive than Harvard, Yale. The tuition increases have forced students to take on more debt to finance their education. In 2010, two-thirds of college seniors graduated with loans, and those loans averaged $25,250 UC Berkeley ranked # 2 in faculty earning potential. Paying more is not a better university. Birgeneau/Breslauer dismissed: increasing the number of classes per faculty; eliminating courses with too few students; refraining from exorbitant salaries, bonuses; doubling the time between sabbaticals; freezing all vacant positions; freezing pay, benefits & reforming pensions, health costs. Birgeneau believes fiscal efficiency is not healthy for Cal. Exodus of faculty, chancellors, and administrators: who can afford them? An American Enterprise Institute study found that UCB can operate well on much leaner budgets. Californians agree it is far from the ideal situation. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:15:25 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment340752076 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment332811047 Despite eligibility University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau and Provost Breslauer shed thousands of instate applicants. Qualified instate applicants to public Cal. are replaced by a $50,600 payment from born abroad affluent foreign and affluent out of state students. And, Birgeneau subsidizes affluent foreign and affluent out of state tuition in the guise of diversity while he doubles instate tuition/fees. Cal. is not increasing enrollment. Birgeneau/Breslauer accept $50,600 foreign students and displaces qualified instate Californians (When depreciation of tax funded assets are included (as they should be), out of state and foreign tuition is more than $100,000 and does NOT subsidize instate tuition). Going to Cal. is now more expensive than Harvard, Yale. With the recommendation of UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau, Provost Breslauer allowed campus police to use excessive force - rammed baton jabs - on students protesting Birgeneau‘s doubling of instate tuition. Opinions make a difference; email UC Board of Regents marsha.kelman@ucop.edu Fri, 6 Apr 2012 04:34:15 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/05/a-crisis-of-competence/#IDComment332811047 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment172742415 Continued Emvaressed....The UC system has, for example, multiple senior administrators with Ph.D.s who are getting nice paychecks for their expertise, the Budget Office staff gets paid to solve budget problems, and the renowned Haas School of Business has a world class lineup of business experts and graduate programs in financial engineering, global management, accounting, financing, and operations management. Moreover, the funds used to pay the high cost of hiring outside consultants could have been used to make up for state budget cuts, student fee increases, furloughs and layoffs. But, according to Vice Chancellor Frank Yeary, “The reason for not relying on internal experts is that self-diagnosis is not always impartial.” If this is the reasoning by UC Berkeley decision makers, it is no wonder they are in a fiscal crisis. If the university system can’t trust its internal audits, maybe it is time for outside auditors to make all the university’s financial decisions. Those decisions might be based on more practical thinking than those made by the current university leadership University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau UCBerkeleyNews Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:05:51 +0000 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment172742415 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment172742183 Emvaressed...a objective of assessment of University of California based on facts NOT historical reputation...UC Berkeley--one of the top universities in the nation, home to some of the finest professors, graduating some of the brightest students--can’t figure out how to save money. No joke. UC Berkeley spent $3 million plus expenses to hire an out-of-state auditing firm to help them find ways to reduce spending. According to the Contra Costa Times, October 10, 2009, “When UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) was confronted with the $150 million challenge, he gave the matter deep thought, turned his focus eastward to the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Co. and agreed to pay a $3 million budget (actual cost $7.2 million and growing) over the next two years for someone else to solve the problem. “We [the Times] never attended business school, but we’re pretty sure that one of the definitions of financial crisis is spending $3 million on consultants to tell you how to get by with $150 million less than you thought you had.” Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:04:49 +0000 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment172742183 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment170767171 Reconsider your decision for admission to University of California Berkeley. (The author has 35 years’ consulting experience, has taught at UC Berkeley (Cal) where he observed the culture & way senior management work) Cal. Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom (these are not isolated examples): recruits (uses California tax $) out of state $50,000 tuition students that displace qualified Californians from public university education; spends $7,000,000 + for consultants to do his & many vice chancellors jobs (prominent East Coast university accomplishing same 0 cost); pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures; in procuring a $3,000,000 consulting firm he failed to receive proposals from other firms; Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010; tuition to Return on Investment drops below top 10; Birgeneau all employees meeting – only 50 attend; visits to Cal down 20%; NCAA places basketball program on probation, absence institutional control. It’s all shameful. There is no justification for such practices by a steward of the public trust. Absolutely none. y Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:03:52 +0000 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5537/up-ateneo-make-it-to-top-50-world%e2%80%99s-best-english-teaching-universities#IDComment170767171 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/2011/07/05/fox-to-step-down-as-ucsd-chancellor-go-back-to-clasroom/#IDComment170410206 University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom. Recruits (using California tax $) out of state, foreign $50,000 tuition students who displace qualified sons, daughters of Californians from public university education. Spends $7,000,000 + for consultants to do his & vice chancellors work (prominent East Coast University accomplishing same 0 cost). University accrues $150 million of inefficiencies over his 8 year reign. Pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures. In procuring $3,000,000 consultants failed to receive proposals from other firms. Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010. Tuition to Return on Investment drops below top10. NCAA places basketball program on probation: absence institutional control. These are not isolated examples: it’s all shameful. There is no justification for such actions by a steward of the public trust. Absolutely none. Like with an addiction, admitting you have a problem is the first step toward correcting it. Wed, 6 Jul 2011 20:58:30 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/2011/07/05/fox-to-step-down-as-ucsd-chancellor-go-back-to-clasroom/#IDComment170410206 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/2408/college-dream-eludes-immigrant-valedictorian#IDComment156552333 Prof Liu, your talents are needed by University of California President Yudof and the UC Board of Regents. University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom (these are not isolated examples): recruits (uses California tax $) out of state $50,000 tuition students that displace qualified Californians from public university education; spends $7,000,000 + for consultants to do his & vice chancellors work (prominent East Coast university accomplishing same 0 cost); pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures; in procuring $3,000,000 consultants he failed to receive proposals from other firms; Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010; tuition to Return on Investment drops below top10; NCAA places basketball program on probation: absence institutional control. There is no justification for such practices by a steward of the public trust. UC Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing must do a better job of vigorously enforcing oversight by President Yudof . . Fri, 27 May 2011 02:13:28 +0000 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/2408/college-dream-eludes-immigrant-valedictorian#IDComment156552333 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/119364649.html#IDComment154734920 Teamwork Between University of California Faculty, Chancellors, UCOP Executives Brake Increases in Tuition for Foreign and Out of State Students. . As Californians face foreclosure, unemployment & depressed wages it's time the timid Governor, UC Board of Regents, whining President showed leadership by curbing costs, particularly wages, benefits. Curb UC tuition increases: No furloughs 18 percent reduction in UCOP salaries & $50 million cut. 18 percent prune of campus chancellors', vice chancellors' salaries. 15 percent trim of tenured faculty salaries, increased teaching load 10 percent decrease in non-tenured faculty salaries, as well as increase research, teaching load 100% elimination of all Academic Senate, Academic Council costs, wages. The Governor, UC Board of Regents, whining President can bridge the trust gap to the public by offering reassurances that salaries reflect depressed wages in California. The sky above UC has not, will not fall. Sat, 21 May 2011 21:53:21 +0000 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/119364649.html#IDComment154734920 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/122189154.html#IDComment153643139 University of California tuition hikes are not warrented: its a recession. As Californians face foreclosure, unemployment & depressed wages it's about time that the timid UC Board of Regents & President showed some leadership by curbing UC costs, particularly wages & benefits. by like or more talented individuals. What we do to curb tuition increases: 18 percent reduction in UCOP salaries & $50 million cut. 18 percent prune of campus chancellors', vice chancellors' salaries. 15 percent trim of tenured faculty salaries, increased teaching load 10 percent decrease in non-tenured faculty salaries, as well as increase research, teaching load 100% elimination of all Academic Senate costs, wages. A rose bush blooms after pruning. Wed, 18 May 2011 23:57:39 +0000 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/122189154.html#IDComment153643139 http://delmartimes.net/2011/01/14/leaving-a-legacy-of-unfair-advantage/#IDComment144094360 Cal. Chancellor’s gross over spending, poor decisions: recruits out of state $50,000 tuition students that displace qualified Californians; pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures; Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010; tuition to Return on Investment (ROI) drops below top 10; NCAA places basketball program on probation. Finally, Birgeneau engaged some expensive ($3,000,000) consultants to tell him & the Provost what they should have known as leaders or been able to find out from the bright, engaged people. (Prominent east-coast University accomplishing same at 0 costs) Cal. has been badly damaged. Good people are loosing their jobs. Cal’s leadership is either incompetent or culpable. Merely cutting out inefficiencies does not have the effect desired. But you never want a crisis to go to waste. Increasing Cal’s budget is not enough. Take aim at the real source of Cal’s fiscal, & leadership crisis; honorably retire Chancellor Birgeneau, Provost Breslauer. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:28:27 +0000 http://delmartimes.net/2011/01/14/leaving-a-legacy-of-unfair-advantage/#IDComment144094360 http://frontpagemag.com/2011/03/15/how-does-it-feel-to-be-a-victim-ask-prof-bayoumi/#IDComment135351199 University of California Berkeley students are victims of theUniversity of California senior management. Just how widespread is the budget crisis at University of California Berkeley? University of California Chancellor Robert J Birgeneau’s ($500,000 salary) eight-year fiscal track record is dismal indeed. He would like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving him every dollar he has asked for, and the state legislators do share some responsibility for the financial crisis. But not in the sense he means. Instead, every year Birgeneau would request a budget increase, the regents would agree to it, and the legislature would provide. The hard questions were avoided by all concerned, and the problems just piled up to $150 million of inefficiencies….until there was no money left. Faculty and staff have raised issues with senior management, but when they failed to see relevant action taken, they stopped. Finally, Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) engaged some expensive ($7.2 million) consultants, Bain & Company, to tell him what he should have been able to find out from the bright, engaged people in his own organization. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:22:01 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2011/03/15/how-does-it-feel-to-be-a-victim-ask-prof-bayoumi/#IDComment135351199 http://thedailycougar.com/2011/03/03/sports-feel-cuts/#IDComment132215512 Let's review the UC Berkeley cut in student sports: Money forund for cosultants by Birgeneau but not for students, When UC Berkeley announced its elimination of student sports including baseball, men’s, women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse teams and its defunding of the national-champion men’s rugby team, the chancellor sighed, “Sorry, but this was necessary!” But was it? Yes, the university is in dire financial straits. Yet $7.2 million was somehow found by Chancellor Robert J Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) to pay the consulting firm to uncover waste, inefficiencies in UC Berkeley (Cal), despite the fact that a prominent East Coast university was accomplishing the same thing without expensive consultants. Thu, 3 Mar 2011 22:35:48 +0000 http://thedailycougar.com/2011/03/03/sports-feel-cuts/#IDComment132215512 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/sports/116943958.html#IDComment130997050 It is high time that we had reform at the top of UC Berkeley. The buck stops with UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau: his leadership style cascades throughout Cal. Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) spends $300,000 for ex Michigan governor lectures during greatest deficit. Chancellor Birgeneau pays consultants $3,000,000 to do work of his job and vice-chancellors when east coast university uses internal resources: no cost. Chancellor Birgeneau is ready for a promotion to President Yudoff's office: Stand up for University of California and California! Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:33:47 +0000 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/sports/116943958.html#IDComment130997050 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20101022.DC87110&show_article=1#IDComment105673713 continue It’s not that Birgeneau was unaware that there were, in fact, waste and inefficiencies in the system. Faculty and staff have raised issues with senior management, but when they failed to see relevant action taken, they stopped. Finally, Birgeneau engaged some expensive ($3 million) consultants, Bain & Company, to tell him what he should have been able to find out from the bright, engaged people in his own organization. From time to time, a whistleblower would bring some glaring problem to light, but the chancellor’s response was to dig in and defend rather than listen and act. Since UC has been exempted from most whistleblower lawsuits, there are ultimately no negative consequences for maintaining inefficiencies. In short, there is plenty of blame to go around. But you never want a serious crisis to go to waste. An opportunity now exists for the UC president, Board of Regents, and California legislators to jolt UC Berkeley back to life, applying some simple check-and-balance management principles. Increasing the budget is not enough; transforming senior management is necessary. The faculty, students, staff, academic senate, Cal. alumni, and taxpayers await the transformation. Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:16:29 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20101022.DC87110&show_article=1#IDComment105673713 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20101022.DC87110&show_article=1#IDComment105673645 $ 500,000 public employee salary at UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley’s recent elimination of popular sports programs highlighted endemic problems in the university’s management. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s eight-year fiscal track record is dismal indeed. He would like to blame the politicians in Sacramento, since they stopped giving him every dollar he has asked for, and the state legislators do share some responsibility for the financial crisis. But not in the sense he means. A competent chancellor would have been on top of identifying inefficiencies in the system and then crafting a plan to fix them. Compentent oversight by the Board of Regents and the legislature would have required him to provide data on problems and on what steps he was taking to solve them. Instead, every year Birgeneau would request a budget increase, the regents would agree to it, and the legislature would provide. The hard questions were avoided by all concerned, and the problems just piled up….until there was no money left. Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:15:54 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20101022.DC87110&show_article=1#IDComment105673645 http://www.wtnh.com/dpps/news/strange/uc-berkeley-to-cut-5-sports-teams-to-cut-costs-ob10-jgr_3595622#IDComment104506415 continue It’s not that Birgeneau was unaware that there were, in fact, waste and inefficiencies in the system. Faculty and staff have raised issues with senior management, but when they failed to see relevant action taken, they stopped. Finally, Birgeneau engaged some expensive ($3 million) consultants, Bain & Company, to tell him what he should have been able to find out from the bright, engaged people in his own organization. From time to time, a whistleblower would bring some glaring problem to light, but the chancellor’s response was to dig in and defend rather than listen and act. Since UC has been exempted from most whistleblower lawsuits, there are ultimately no negative consequences for maintaining inefficiencies. In short, there is plenty of blame to go around. But you never want a serious crisis to go to waste. An opportunity now exists for the UC president, Board of Regents, and California legislators to jolt UC Berkeley back to life, applying some simple check-and-balance management principles. Increasing the budget is not enough; transforming senior management is necessary. The faculty, students, staff, academic senate, Cal. alumni, and taxpayers await the transformation. Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.wtnh.com/dpps/news/strange/uc-berkeley-to-cut-5-sports-teams-to-cut-costs-ob10-jgr_3595622#IDComment104506415 http://www.wtnh.com/dpps/news/strange/uc-berkeley-to-cut-5-sports-teams-to-cut-costs-ob10-jgr_3595622#IDComment104506356 UC Berkeley’s recent elimination of popular sports programs highlighted endemic problems in the university’s management. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s eight-year fiscal track record is dismal indeed. He would like to blame the politicians in Sacramento, since they stopped giving him every dollar he has asked for, and the state legislators do share some responsibility for the financial crisis. But not in the sense he means. A competent chancellor would have been on top of identifying inefficiencies in the system and then crafting a plan to fix them. Compentent oversight by the Board of Regents and the legislature would have required him to provide data on problems and on what steps he was taking to solve them. Instead, every year Birgeneau would request a budget increase, the regents would agree to it, and the legislature would provide. The hard questions were avoided by all concerned, and the problems just piled up….until there was no money left. continue Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:47:21 +0000 http://www.wtnh.com/dpps/news/strange/uc-berkeley-to-cut-5-sports-teams-to-cut-costs-ob10-jgr_3595622#IDComment104506356 http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/08/robert-farago/california-senaterejects-open-carry-ban-by-one-vote/#IDComment98803376 Senator Mark DeSaulnier in a letter dated Sept 9 refutes the statistics in a Contra Costa article (Krupnick) on the decline in Latino enrollment 2010 UC Berkeley De Saulnier takes no action as his statistics show a 0.4% decrease in Latino enrollment so no action required. Contact senator 916 651 4007 925 942 6082 Latino Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:38:42 +0000 http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/08/robert-farago/california-senaterejects-open-carry-ban-by-one-vote/#IDComment98803376