Regents Meeting Rescheduled, Decentralized
The Regents of the University of California meeting that was originally scheduled for November 16-17 at UCSF and was postponed for fear of “rogue elements” among protest groups is now scheduled to take place in five different locations in California and Florida on Monday, November 28th in California and Florida (seriously). Here are the details followed by the full text from the Regents website.
Date: November 28, 2011
Time: 8:30 a.m. - approximately 1:00 p.m. PST
Locations:
- UCSF–Mission Bay Community Center, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco
- Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom, Davis Campus
- James West Alumni Center, Los Angeles Campus
- Kolligian Library, Room 232, Merced Campus
- 4000 RCA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Notice of Regents Meeting, November 28, 2011
RESCHEDULE OF NOVEMBER 16-17 MEETING THAT WAS POSTPONED
Meetings of The Regents of the University of California and its committees are scheduled for Monday, November 28, 2011 by teleconference. Sites for the meetings are shown on each Notice of Meeting listed below.Starting times following the first session are estimates. If a session ends earlier than expected, the next scheduled session may convene immediately.
Live audio Internet broadcasts of the open sessions are available during the open session meetings. Please use this link to connect to the audio streaming during the meeting: http://california.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2
The Grim Threat to British Universities
An article by Simon Head at the NYRB.
The situation in the UK is a good case study for understanding how to critique Yudof’s euphemistically named hybrid model for US public universities (U Minnesota, U Texas, U California) on positive as well as normative grounds.
Social Services vs. Prisons
U.S. spending on social services vs. U.S. incarceration numbers
via Ryan Enos, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
via Bureau of Justice Statistics
see also a related graph from Paul Krugman
