The California Faculty Association (CFA) staged a protest at the California State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach Tuesday morning to voice grievances about a new contract standstill. Armed with picket signs, speakers and a cardboard cutout of Chancellor Charles B. Reed holding a pile of money, protesters chanted, “Education is under attack. What do [...]

The hunger strike isn’t working. It was never going to work. Those who actually believed that the old, disconnected and uncooperative group of suits and bureaucrats who make up the Cal State University Board of Trustees would actually be swayed by 12 hungry students were naive at best. I will applaud the students involved for [...]

As Cal State University students become even more familiar with tuition hikes and continue to see president privileges increase (such as pay raises, parking perks and a $300,000 donation to presidential housing renovations) the time has come for students to resort to extreme measures. Yes, the 12 participants in the Students for Quality Education hunger [...]

After 22 months of negotiations with Cal State University management, the California Faculty Association (CFA), the entity that represents CSU faculty, has resorted to voting on whether to accept their new contracts or strike. The CFA asserts that the CSU’s proposed plans hurt the possibility of CSU’s providing quality, affordable higher education. The proposals include [...]

With contract negotiations at a standstill, The California Faculty Association, which represents 23,000 faculty members in the California State University, has officially started voting on whether or not to accept the chancellor’s new contract and proposals or embark on a strike. The vote stems from 22 months of contract negotiations with the CSU Management that [...]

Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) proposed a new budget roadmap for California that would eliminate the need for education cuts and give at least $3.4 billion to K-12 schools, community colleges and the CSU system. In a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders, Huff and other Republicans emphasized the importance of [...]

The landscape of college education has changed in recent years, riddled with the recession and budget cuts across all public sectors. Cal State Fullerton is a prime example as one of the largest campuses in the CSU. The change has been a national topic of debate for public education funding. In five years, the cost [...]

Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent budget cuts to financial aid have been turned down by the State Assembly, but more potential reductions to funding are on the horizon for the California State Universities, which could cut millions more from state-funded schools. “Legislators in Sacramento have cut state funding to the CSU by nearly $1 billion in [...]