by David Safier I received this comment from gaardvark on yesterday's post about the UA protest: The Pres of ASU sent out a letter today to all faculty, staff and students outlining some of the impact on ASU*****On top of these cuts, the Pearce and Kavanagh proposal would require ASU to cut another $70 million, … Read more
by David Safier A few hundred people — students, faculty, community members like myself — gathered on the UA Mall for a short protest against what were referred to as the Pearce-Kavanagh Education Cuts. Similar gatherings took place at the two other university campuses. It was a necessary but far-too-weak response to the proposed cuts. … Read more
by David Safier Last night I posted a Citizen article about a protest of the proposed cuts to university budgets from 12-1pm Tuesday in front of the U of A Student Union on the mall. This morning I received The Farley Report asking non-students to attend as well: Tuesday, January 20, there will be a protest … Read more
by David Safier From the Citizen: University students at the state's three public universities plan to protest the budget options laid out last week by the Joint Legislative and Budget Council that call for cutting $243 million immediately from the state's higher education budget. The hit to the University of Arizona would be $103 million, … Read more
by David Safier Arizona's Senate Democratic Caucus has created its own blog, and it has a few video clips of Senate Republicans discussing what to do about school funding. Senator Jack Harper asks, "The Constitution requires the state to offer first through twelfth grade — kindergarten, no?" The answer given him was, no. I guess … Read more