UC president orders police review - by Kathryn Baron
Saying he is “appalled” by heavy-handed police tactics against student protestors at the University of California’s Berkeley and Davis campuses, UC President Mark Yudof yesterday called for an immediate review of campus policies and procedures involving the use of force by law enforcement officials on campus and off. “I am appalled by images of University [...]
More support for teachers than unions - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
For all the talk of teacher bashing, a big majority of Californians think highly of public school teachers; most believe they’re underpaid. But they also have issues with their union, a new poll has found. According to a survey of 1,500 Californians by the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll, 52 percent said that teachers unions are [...]
What the latest survey of Californians on higher education didn’t ask: a lot - by Peter Schrag
The most interesting things about the latest survey of Californians’ views about the state’s system of higher education are the issues it didn’t address. The survey, conducted by PPIC (the Public Policy Institute of California) and released last week, found – again – that a great majority of us believed that the state was underfunding its [...]