[Doogle]

make everybody stooopid

[sergeantdave]

A good in-depth synopsis of what a human cockroach infestation looks like.

[Mr. K]

"What a boon for a taxpayer-funded bureaucrat, to be able to define his own portfolio and determine how many staff lines he will control! UC Berkeley’s own vice chancellor for equity and inclusion shows how voracious a diversity apparatchik’s appetite for power can be. Gibor Basri has 17 people working for him in his immediate office, including a “chief of staff,” two “project/policy analysts,” and a “director of special projects.” The funding propping up Basri’s vast office could support many an English or history professor. According to state databases, Basri’s base pay in 2009 was $194,000, which does not include a variety of possible add-ons, including summer salary and administrative stipends. By comparison, the official salary for assistant professors at UC starts at around $53,000. Add to Basri’s salary those of his minions, and you’re looking at more than $1 million a year. "

Ceeee-ripes~!!!

So THAT's where all the useless bureaucrats are

[originalbuckeye]

And California taxpayers are footing the bill for the UC and CSU systems. I didn’t understand that until I lived in California. The sooner this state declares bankruptcy, the sooner it would HAVE to take a different path.

[SouthWall]

Shouldn’t we be having Unity studies, and not diversity studies?

Just saying.

[Will88]

UC San Diego is adding diversity fat even as it snuffs out substantive academic programs. In March, the Academic Senate decided that the school would no longer offer a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering; it also eliminated a master’s program in comparative literature and courses in French, German, Spanish, and English literature. At the same time, the body mandated a new campus-wide diversity requirement for graduation.

Making the college experience even more irrelevant and useless in preparing students for participation in the productive economy.

[Nip]

Remember - the real purpose of all these diversity programs, starting with female and Africian-American studies, is NOT producing a better graduate/citizen. It is to create secure jobs for people who can not or will not compete in the open market of ideas.

This trend started back in the early 1970s as the mid 1960 radicals discovered that they couldn't get a job in the market place and retreated back into academia. Even there they had employment problems - someone whose resume has no experience other than riots and occupation of various buildings/offices isn't really that “employable”.

So, we are seeing in California the logical outgrowth of the 1960’s student radicalism. The only question is how long will it take the remaining tax payers to leave the state? The feed trough called Federal funds is going to dry up real quick within the next few years too.

[driftless2]

All students who have to pay exorbitant fees for their college education should be aware of how much of their, or their parent’s, hard-earned money goes towards these useless liberal inventions.