Calbright College “Opens;” No Faculty, No Students

BY HANK REICHMAN October 1 was the legislatively mandated opening day for California’s new ridiculously named fully online community college, Calbright.  But there were no classes.  There were no instructors.  There were no students.  There were, however, some applicants.  According to Taylor Huckaby, Calbright’s communications director, about 655 people had started an application, of which…

More on the Proposed California Higher Ed Budget

Yesterday I posted a piece on California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, with specific reference to higher education.  Today UCLA History professor Michael Meranze posted his response to the Brown proposal on the Remaking the University blog that he runs with UC Santa Barbara English professor Christopher Newfield.  Michael’s take is similar to mine, but…

AAUP Joins Amicus Brief in Vergara Case

A bit more than a year ago a California Superior Court, ruling in Vergara v. California, overturned California statutes guaranteeing due process protections for K-12 teachers with more than two years experience (so-called “teacher tenure”) and layoff by seniority.  At the time I posted several items on the case, first here, then here, here, and…