The misdirected UC “walkout” - California Progress Report:
"Many of those who shouted “Chop from the Top,” and called UC President Mark Yudof a fascist last week can’t be expected to know that history. In the mid-1990s, UC leaders, trying to protect its affirmative action program from its critics, concealed the extent to which they were maintaining blatant race preferences in its admissions policies.
More recently, fearful of the political consequences of paying competitive wages to prized executives, UC dealt lavish side benefits under the table – housing and travel allowances, cushy pensions, jobs for significant others, even a dog run for a chancellor’s pets. In at least one case, trying to avert a suit for alleged racial discrimination, it promoted an executive to a job she wasn’t remotely qualified for."
"Many of those who shouted “Chop from the Top,” and called UC President Mark Yudof a fascist last week can’t be expected to know that history. In the mid-1990s, UC leaders, trying to protect its affirmative action program from its critics, concealed the extent to which they were maintaining blatant race preferences in its admissions policies.
More recently, fearful of the political consequences of paying competitive wages to prized executives, UC dealt lavish side benefits under the table – housing and travel allowances, cushy pensions, jobs for significant others, even a dog run for a chancellor’s pets. In at least one case, trying to avert a suit for alleged racial discrimination, it promoted an executive to a job she wasn’t remotely qualified for."