Wed, Sep 23, 2009 -- 9:00 AM
UC Budget Walkout
On Thursday, thousands of faculty, students and staff at University of California campuses plan to walk out. They say it's
a reaction to UC officials proposing tuition hikes and furloughs to contend with $800 million in state budget cuts. We discuss
the university's fiscal reality, and the available alternatives.
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Judith Butler, professor in the departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley
- Lawrence Pitts, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for the University of California
- Nanette Asimov, education reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle
- Victor Sanchez, president of the University of California Student Association
More info:
- How have California's budget cuts to education impacted you as a student, parent or faculty member? : Share your thoughts and stories on KQED and Youth Radio's In Other Words blog.
- About UC faculty support for the walkout
- UC's Budget News page


