[Faculty] Fwd: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a minimum of 53%
Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee
prof.bhattacharjee at gmail.com
Thu Oct 26 19:02:31 PDT 2017
I think every faculty will agree whole heartedly with this proposal. I
certainly do.
On Oct 26, 2017 5:08 PM, "Ken Arnold" <karnold at mail.sdsu.edu> wrote:
> Please add my name to the list as well.
>
> See also the attached letter I wrote last year pointing out the perverse
> funding priorities in California. Please feel free to distribute it to your
> elected representatives and anyone who cares about higher ed.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> - Ken
>
>
>
> At 03:11 PM 10/26/2017, Ashkan Ashrafi wrote:
>
> Dear Mark and Allen,
>
> This is a fantastic proposal. I fully support it. Please add my name to
> the list.
>
> Another example to justify the necessity of this proposal is the creation
> of AVP for Research and Innovation to accommodate the outgoing Dean of
> Science into another (unnecessary) administrative position. This position
> doesn't exist on the SDSU administrative chart (attached) so I assume it
> was just created for Stanley Maloy!
>
> As Khaled mentioned, I hope more faculty members from our college will
> support this proposal.
>
> Best regards,
> Ashkan
>
>
>
> Ashkan Ashrafi, Ph.D., SMIEEE
> Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor
> Director, Signal Processing Research Laboratory
>
> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
> San Diego State University
> 5500 Campanile Dr., E-410A
> San Diego, CA 92182-1309
> Tel: (619)594-3703 <(619)%20594-3703>
> Fax: (619)594-2654 <(619)%20594-2654>
> email: ashrafi at mail.sdsu.edu
> URL: ashrafi.sdsu.edu
>
>
> On 10/26/17 2:19 PM, Allen Plotkin wrote:
>
> If interested, please respond directly to Mark.
> Allen
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Mark Dunster* <mdunster at mail.sdsu.edu >
> Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:15 AM
> Subject: Fwd: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a
> minimum of 53%
> To: aplotkin at mail.sdsu.edu
>
>
> Hi Allen,
>
> I’m trying to get as many co-signers as possible of the proposal below
> to introduce legislation to mandate 53% of the CSU budget goes to
> instruction (i.e. faculty and lecturers). If you and any of your colleagues
> in engineering could add your name that would be very helpful. I’m hoping
> to send this out by the end of the week. Please let me know of any names I
> could add. Please feel free to forward this by email to all faculty in your
> college. They can email me directly if they are willing to have their name
> attached.
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Mark Dunster <mdunster at mail.sdsu.edu >
> *Subject: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a minimum
> of 53%*
> *Date: *October 18, 2017 at 4:38:51 PM PDT
> *To: *Math Division Mailing list <mathprof at mail.sdsu.edu >, Statistics
> Professor <statprof at mail.sdsu.edu >, Math Education Faculty <
> mathedprof at mail.sdsu.edu >
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Attached is a proposal that I will be sending soon to the political action
> committee of the California Faculty Association. This committee selects
> faculty submitted proposals to move through the legislative process. In
> essence, this is a proposal for California legislation that mandates the
> percentage of the operational CSU budget going to instruction be raised
> from the current (atrocious) 34% to at least the 53% level of the early
> 1990’s, by yearly increments of about 3%.
>
> I feel that the proposal will have a much stronger chance of success if it
> gains support from a significant number of faculty here at SDSU (and
> possibly at other campuses). Therefore if you support this proposal I ask
> that you co-sponsor it by adding your name. If you are willing to do so,
> please simply reply to me by email. You do not have to be a CFA member to
> be a co-signer. I will include your name, department, and position when I
> send it for consideration.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>
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