Re-sharing this post-election resource page from my campus (Cal State Monterey Bay).because new items have been...

Re-sharing this post-election resource page from my campus (Cal State Monterey Bay).because new items have been added. Happy scrolling & clicking!

#Election2016   #highered   #CalState  
https://csumb.edu/tla/returning-classroom-after-election

Sent to the whole of the Cal State (CSU) system today

Sent to the whole of the Cal State (CSU) system today
(Will provide web link when I see it)
#Election2016   #immigration   #highered  

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Open Letter to the Faculty, Staff and Students of the California State University
Chancellor Timothy P. White
November 17, 2016
I write to provide assurance that we will continue to make every effort to provide a safe and welcoming campus environment for all our students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community.

Diversity and inclusivity – in all its forms – are core values of the California State University. These values drive our efforts each day to ensure that the 23 campuses are welcoming environments, and they enable our students, faculty and staff to be confident and secure in the pursuit of their education; research, scholarship and creative activities; engagement with community; and performance of campus work.

I spoke to these matters during my report (attached below) to the CSU Board of Trustees on November 16. My comments acknowledged the voices of students, faculty and staff that courageously addressed our board. Their passion and anxiety are understandable, and it pains me – personally and as chancellor – to see any member of the CSU family suffer because they do not know what the immediate future may hold for them and their families.

Indeed, my immediate concern is for our students and other members of our campus community who lack documentation and fear actions based on the emerging national narrative of potential changes in immigration policy and related enforcement action. This concern is shared broadly among trustees, presidents and vice chancellors, along with senate, student and labor leadership among others.

We are a university that prides itself on inclusion. Anything that diminishes one member of our community diminishes us all.

We must take thoughtful, prudent actions to acknowledge and address the fears and concerns of our students, faculty and staff that are real and debilitating. This includes maintaining focus on our positions in federal policy and funding, particularly those that affect student support and financial aid.

Understandably, there is some interest to declare campuses as oases or sanctuaries – as places that serve as a refuge to completely protect its community. While I understand and deeply respect the sentiment behind this interest, we, as a public university cannot make that promise unilaterally. The term “sanctuary” has several interpretations and is in many contexts ambiguous. If we were to use this term it would be misleading to the very people we support and serve.

Consequently, to address immigration matters, we intentionally adopted a flexible systemwide set of policy guidelines grounded in our value-based principles. This approach provides each campus with the opportunity to implement a policy reflecting its unique campus climate, while assuring conformity in certain key systemwide principles. Our policy is both clear and substantive, and removes the CSU from the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

CSU policy directs, unless contravened by California Government Code or required by law, that:

· The CSU will not enter into agreements with state or local law enforcement agencies, Homeland Security or any other federal department for the enforcement of federal immigration law;

· Our university police departments will not honor immigration hold requests; and

· Our university police do not contact, detain, question or arrest individuals solely on the basis of being – or suspected of being – a person that lacks documentation.

We are also partnering with elected officials at the state and national level to inform and work to prevent negative developments regarding immigration for our undocumented students, including those with DACA status.

I thank you for reflecting upon this open letter and discussing it with others. I look forward to our journey ahead that enables us to fulfill the educational and public mission of the California State University in a safe and welcoming environment.



Sincerely,

Timothy P. White

Chancellor

Here's the Cal State Monterey Bay post-election statement, which was e-mailed to the entire campus the morning of...

Here's the Cal State Monterey Bay post-election statement, which was e-mailed to the entire campus the morning of November 11. (It was later posted on the CSUMB web site.)

Laura Gibbs FYI for comparison with your campus president's statement. We have an official campus-wide forum this coming Thursday afternoon, Nov. 17, for students, staff, and faculty. It will be preceded by a faculty union (CFA) forum. Not sure what to expect, beyond concerns of current students (or just as likely, their families) who may be affected by changes in immigration policy in January. Well, there will be something emerging from the faculty side, I'm sure.

Liz Stevenson Phil Hill Michael Berman Michelle Pacansky-Brock Jill Leafstedt (please share with others in CA whether or not CSU)

#Election2016  
https://csumb.edu/president/president-ochoas-message-university-community-0

Cal State (CSU) Board of Trustees is not boasting about this, but they'll be talking #tuition at their Nov.

Cal State (CSU) Board of Trustees is not boasting about this, but they'll be talking #tuition at their Nov. 15–16 meeting.

EDITED TO ADD: Cal Poly is featured prominently in the linked article.

Talking about #fees should put students in the right frame of mind, don't you think?

h/t Laura Gibbs

#highered #collegecosts

Originally shared by Laura Gibbs

My guess is that this is NOT how the University of Oklahoma would like to be reported about in New York Times. I've complained often about this "academic excellence fee" before, so I am really glad to see it being singled out here. All the details are here: $75/credit-hour to support faculty recruitment and research. Yes, that's right. It is the GORILLA in the room, bigger than any other fee. For 120 credits (minimum for graduation), that's $9000.
fee levels: http://www.ou.edu/content/bursar/tuition_fees.html
fee descriptions:
http://www.ou.edu/content/bursar/tuition_fees/fee-descriptions.html
Academic Excellence Fee This fee supports the costs to recruit and retain excellent faculty, plus their scientific and academic research including laboratories, classroom renovations, equipment, publishing costs and research assistants.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/education/edlife/those-hidden-college-fees.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/education/edlife/those-hidden-college-fees.html?_r=1

California State University has a new graduation initiative.

California State University has a new graduation initiative.

Laura Gibbs Phil Hill Bryan Alexander 
As discussed elsewhere, some of the info is public (you'll see a "Campus and System Plans and Goals" link on the right) but the real, manipulable data, with visualizations, requires a campus login. We're checking on that, since it's all (to our knowledge) public info.

#calstate   #graduationrates   #highered  
https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/why-the-csu-matters/graduation-initiative-2025/Pages/default.aspx