Apr 2012 16
Mar 2012 08
From San Jose Mercury News:
Believe it: Harvard cheaper than Cal State
The impossible has happened: Harvard College is now thousands of dollars cheaper than Cal State East Bay for middle-income California students.
So is Princeton. And Williams College. And Yale.
Top private schools, with their generous aid, have been among the most affordable options for poor students for a few years, but rising tuition has only recently sent California State University and University of California prices shooting past the Harvards and Yales for middle-class students.
Mar 2012 08
Statewide Coverage
California college students protest education cuts
LA Times: Occupy protests bring small yet intense crowds to state campuses
Bay Area Coverage
Students Across Bay Area Gather To Protest Tuition Costs, Budget Cuts
KRON 4: Update: Bay Area Campuses Participate in National Day of Action for Public Education
Southern California Coverage
Students to protest budget cuts at California universities
KTLA-5: “Occupy Education” Protests Held at College Campuses Statewide
Campus-Specific Coverage [..]
Mar 2012 01
SQE will be participating in the Call for National Day of Action For Education on March 1, 2012 called forth by Occupy Education Northern California. Below is a listing of SQE March 1st events that are happening on various CSU Campuses:
Feb 2012 17
State Senate GOP Leader Bob Huff is opposing current CSU Board of Trustees Chair Herb Carter’s reappointment to the Trustees due to his overseeing administrator salary increases during the same time student fees were increased and the Governor had voiced opposition to the raises.
Via flashreport.org, State Senate GOP Leader Bob Huff:
Members of the Senate Republican Caucus shared the governor’s concerns regarding administrative pay packages. The governor’s concerns and his specific request were not addressed.
On the same day that the CSU Board of Trustees voted to increase administrators’ salaries, they also voted to increase student fees.
I cannot recommend that Trustee Carter’s nomination be confirmed by the Senate until such time as Californians see real evidence that the CSU Trustees are making the tough decisions needed to control escalating costs that are being passed onto students and their families.
Feb 2012 07
CSU Disorientation Guide is Out!0
Posted In Literature,News
SQE’s Disorientation Guide on the CSU system is out!
To read it on your computer, download it here: CSU Disorientation Guide – Read
To print out a copy, use this version: CSU Disorientation Guide – Print. Pages are meant to be printed double sided, and then folded in half and stapled down the middle.
Apr 2011 26
Mar 2011 04
CSU Fresno
KSFN-Fresno: Fresno State Students Held an Unusual Protest Against Budget Cuts
The Collegian: Universities Join Together to Defend Education
CSU Monterey Bay
Monterey County Weekly: CSUMB Students Take Action
Monterey Herald: CSUMB Students Protest Cuts
Press Telegram: CSUMB Students Protest Cuts
Sacramento State
Sacramento Bee: Unions, Students Rally Against State Budget Cuts to Higher Education
KXTL: University Students Protest State Budget Cuts
State Hornet: Demonstration Protests CSU Budget Cuts
KCRA: Sac State Students Rally Against Budget Cuts
San Francisco State
ABC 7: Students March to Defend Education Funding
Golden Gate Xpress: Day of Action Photos
Golden Gate Xpress: Day of Action Highlights Looming Cuts to Higher Education
Golden Gate Xpress: Students and Faculty Picket on 19th and Holloway Avenues
Golden Gate Xpress: Gators March to CCSF in Protest of Budget Cuts
Golden Gate Xpress: Day of Action Moves Forth to City College
Sonoma State
Petaluma Patch: Sonoma State Rallies for Statewide Day of Action
Feb 2011 28
March 2nd events that are happening on various CSU Campuses:
CSU Fresno
Who: Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)
What: Students will stage carnival games demonstrating the perils of $500 million cut to the CSU budget. All games will incorporate an educational theme of what is happening to public education and what students can do to fight back.
When: 11:30am-2pm
Where: CSU Fresno Free Speech Area and Peace Garden
CSU Fullerton
Who: Faculty members and representatives from Students for Quality Education (SQE)
What: “The Meaning and Value of Public Education: Renewing a Democratic Vision.” Forum to bring together students along with educators at all levels to discuss a proactive vision for the future, and also to workshop a “Declaration in Defense of Public Education.”
When: 7:30-9:30pm
Where: On campus, Humanities 126
CSU Monterey Bay
Who: Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)
What: Speak Out!
When: 11:30am
Where: Main Quad
Sacramento State
Who: Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)
What: Demonstration and dialogue to promote awareness on how the budget cuts are affecting the CSU, specifically Sacramento State’s students. The CSU system is facing a giant budget cut of $500 million dollars, with the possibility of the cuts doubling.
We will be demonstrating what a future without access to affordable, quality public
education could look like: individuals who would normally have a chance at social mobility
When: Demonstration: 11:00p – 12:00pm, General Assembly 12pm-1:30pm
Where: Sacramento State free speech zone, between University Union and Library Fountain
San Francisco State
Who: Students for Quality Education (SQE) and CCSF Save Our Schools
What: Concerned with the state of public higher education in California students, faculty and staff will join together to show their support for affordability and accessibility in the CSU and community college. This event will feature: Speakers; relevant music and dance acts; spoken word performances; picket sign, banner and t-shirt making; as well as letter-writing to legislators and campus administrators. This event is the beginning of a joint effort between the Community College and SFSU; it marks a beginning of a coalition among public higher education in San Francisco.
When:
11am-12pm: Picket Line on 19th Ave and Holloway Ave
12pm-1pm: Rally in Malcolm X Plaza
1-2pm: March from SFSU to CCSF
Where: San Francisco State University, various locations on and near campus (see above)
Sonoma State University
Who: Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)
What: “Camp Out for Quality Education.” Students will maintain a presence on the school quad throughout the day with many small-scale events planned to draw attention to entertain the crowd and educate the public about public higher education. For example: hula hooping, talk-ins, guest lecturers, symposiums, local bands, painting and other crafts, henna tattoos, board-games, drum circles, letter writing to the governor, chalking and more.
When: All day on March 2nd, Peak attendance likely between Noon and 1 pm
Where: On the campus main quad, between the student bookstore, Stevenson Hall, and the Student Union.
Nov 2010 09
ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!!
FEE & TUITION INCREASE ALERT!!
Despite receiving an increase in state funding last month, the CSU Board of Trustees is set to vote on yet another massive student fee hike. The Trustees will vote next week whether to approve a fee hike that would bump student costs by a combined 15.5 percent between this fall and next.
With this latest increase, student fees will be 242% higher than they were in 2002 (when the latest round of major budget cuts began). Fee hikes have averaged 13% per year since that time.
SQE student organizers and faculty leaders have emphasized that this fee hike will have terrible consequences for access to a public education. “This fee hike will clearly fall hardest on underserved groups and first-generation college students,” said Kim Geron, a professor of political science at CSU East Bay. Geron continued, “With this move, Chancellor Reed, Chair Herb Carter, and the rest of the Trustees are essentially telling lower-middle class and minority students that there is no place for them at the CSU. That is a travesty.”
On November 10th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, SQE will host a Protest Carnival outside of the Board of Trustees meeting in order to highlight the mockery and horrible decisions made about our universities!
Join us as we DEMAND the Board of Trustees to be TRANSPARENT about their decision making policies because we understand that it is irresponsible decisions that have led to the deterioration of the California State University system. All we’re asking for is an adequately funded and quality Public Higher Education System: no more cuts to courses, programs, or teaching staff.
IF YOU’RE NOT ANGRY, YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!
Get Informed!! Get Involved!!
