In other words, the Regents proposal is indeed predictable. It repeats the logic of their moves against the most vulnerable segments of the University in 2009--the 32% increase and layoff of 2000 workers--only now that logic is actually cast as a form of support. Their threat reveals that the Administration does not represent the University to the legislature. Its rather a third force, willing to sell out parties on either side of it so long as it gets paid. Maybe it will be useful for people in the University to point out to the state that the Administration is now treating the legislature in the way it has treated its own community up to this point. In the past five years the Administration has been an antagonist, not a bargaining partner--willing to break and disavow agreements, we see now, obscure data, and target the vulnerable while making no sacrifices of its own. For in the same period that legislative funding has declined, Administration has expanded, roughly doubling since 2000. The Regents just saw fit to raise the Chancellors salaries by 20%. As Meranze notes, in 2013-14 UCOPs budget in 2013-14 was about $587,000,000, while the budget for the whole Santa Cruz campus was $633M. The tenor of the Regents address to the state government sounds familiar to those whove had to negotiate with it during this time: it is of a piece with its unilateral form of governance. You dont have to be a fan of the state government to think toward it something like See? Theyre willing to pepper-spray you, too.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:55:50 +0000
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