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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco State has said the annual operational cost for the college is $5 million, of which $3.4 million has been covered by available university funding and the balance made up by payments from a reserve fund. The administration said earlier this year that the reserve funding has been depleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the hunger strikers' demands is significantly increased funding for the College of Ethnic Studies -- $8 million a year. College supporters said the $8 million would cover operational expenses like salaries for tenured professors, for untenured lecturers who make up 40 percent of the teaching staff and for student services. The increased amount would also allow the college to thrive, supporters say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10944642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10944642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1767.jpg\" alt=\"SF State student Ahkeel Mestayer, 20, said he's on hunger strike until the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University has $8 million dedicated in funding.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1767.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1767-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">S.F. State student Ahkeel Mestayer, 20, said he's on hunger strike until the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University has $8 million dedicated in funding. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"If Ethnic Studies doesn't get the $8 million, we're coming for [President Leslie Wong's job],\" said S.F. State student Ahkeel Mestayer, 20, one of those who said he's on hunger strike. \"Let's say we don't get the $8 million. Having the community support us is an act of revolution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the budget issues, college supporters say the university has retaliated against them by not allowing the college to hire new faculty for two vacant tenured positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue Rosser, S.F. State's provost and vice president for academic affairs, disputed the claim the university is taking a punitive stance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are not cutting the budget of Ethnic Studies as we have said repeatedly,\" Rosser said at a press conference Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four students on hunger strike, -- Retzlaff, Mestayer, Hassani Bell and Sachiel Rosen -- are minoring in the college's race and resistance studies. They have dubbed themselves the Third World Liberation Front 2016, alluding to the \u003ca href=\"https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/217300\">1968 Black Student Union/Third World Liberation Front's protest\u003c/a> from which the College of Ethnic Studies was established.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10944643\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10944643 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1772.jpg\" alt=\"Hassani Bell, 18, is the youngest of the four SF State students on hunger strike until the College of the Ethnic Studies receives $8 million in funding, \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1772.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/IMG_1772-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hassani Bell, 18, is the youngest of the four S.F. State students on a hunger strike until the College of the Ethnic Studies receives $8 million in funding. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bell, who grew up in East Oakland, went to San Leandro High School, where he took ethnic studies courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I hope I can do the same thing my teachers did for me,\" Bell said. \"Convince youth that their lives matter. It's hard to believe you really mean something.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Nor do locals seem inclined to buy the world a Coke, despite \u003ca href=\"http://time.com/3882114/mad-men-finale-id-like-to-buy-the-world-a-coke-ad/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Draper’s input\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We say this on the heels of today’s \u003ca href=\"http://news.sfsu.edu/news/releases/statement-sf-state-president-les-wong-regarding-pouring-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement\u003c/a> from San Francisco State University President Les Wong that the school is dropping plans to pursue a “pouring rights” contract with soda companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After listening carefully to the concerns and information I received from our students, faculty and staff, I have decided not to move forward with the process of establishing a partnership with a beverage company,” Wong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t heard of “pouring rights,” well, the term is even in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/pouring-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dictionary\u003c/a>. In the context of higher education, it refers to exclusive contracts between universities and beverage companies enabling the firms to sell and promote their products on campus. These deals net universities \u003ca href=\"http://www.ajc.com/news/business/coca-cola-signs-15m-pouring-rights-deal-with-ucla/nbQkY/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of dollars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, San Francisco State put out a \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0P-NYPkBG8ASGJNTi1haXBRcThpZ3R6TFBYUHNOUlF0Wm13/view?pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request for proposals\u003c/a> “from qualified firms interested in entering into a strategic partnership for Pouring Rights with respect to beverages dispensed and sold at SF State venues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t go over so well with some students, who circulated a \u003ca href=\"http://realfoodchallengesfsu.good.do/petition-against-pouring-rights-at-sfsu/sign-the-petition-against-pouring-rights-at-sfsu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatexpress.org/2015/10/14/protest-erupts-during-coca-cola-pouring-rights-forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protested\u003c/a> at an on-campus presentation by Coca-Cola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pouring rights are a privatization of our public education system,” said the petition, which is posted on the site of \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodChallengeSfsu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Food Challenge\u003c/a>, a group active in the protest. “Accepting money from private corporations in exchange for their mandatory presence on campus relinquishes student control over the campus environment, further exposes students to unhealthy soft drinks and corporate advertising, and undermines the integrity of public education by using compulsory policies to promote businesses that may not pursue our best interests or represent our values, such as increasing the availability of sustainable food choices on campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Xpress, the school newspaper, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatexpress.org/2015/10/14/protest-erupts-during-coca-cola-pouring-rights-forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported this\u003c/a> about the Oct. 14 demonstration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Mary Beth Carpenter, region asset manager at Coca-Cola Co., said she was shocked by the student involvement at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I must say, this is a first for me, so if I’m a little nervous it’s just because it’s a first,” Carpenter said. “We value the right to free speech, so right on San Francisco for sharing your views.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reading a list of demands, the protesters marched out of the room and said they were not interested in hearing the beverage company’s presentation. The protesters demanded that the university run all major decisions that effect students through the Associated Students, Inc. on campus and asked to be invited to an open town hall meeting with Wong, to further discuss the pouring rights agreement.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seeking $2 Million Minimum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university wrote in its proposal that it anticipated a payment of $2 million, minimum, for the contract, plus at least $125,000 annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was the school offering in return? The San Francisco Chronicle’s Heather Knight did a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Soda-battle-bubbles-up-at-S-F-State-6629002.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pretty funny write-up\u003c/a> of the promotional goodies the school was dangling:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Not only would the winning soda company get to sell loads of their drinks on campus, the contract could also include display space for ads in all of the university’s athletic venues, the right to name the university’s athletic complex for 10 years (Coke Stadium anyone?), permanent signage on all scoreboards, product sampling events and giveaways, in-game announcements and its logo on posters, programs and season-ticket brochures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But wait, there’s more! The company might also get to sell its own branded coolers, towels, bottles and other gear at athletic events and would get loads of free tickets to men’s and women’s basketball games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still more! The company could negotiate for a student internship program created for it, its own career and recruitment day on campus, the right to “establish a corporate named endowed chair in the college of its choice” and the right to serve as the main sponsor for a variety of events, including the annual President’s Dinner and Alumni Hall of Fame Celebration, which was held earlier this month at the Ritz-Carlton.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Well, that’s not going to happen. But school president Wong issued a challenge to students concerning the lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This decision will mean the loss of potential funding for student programs, scholarships and athletics. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t go over so well with some students, who circulated a \u003ca href=\"http://realfoodchallengesfsu.good.do/petition-against-pouring-rights-at-sfsu/sign-the-petition-against-pouring-rights-at-sfsu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatexpress.org/2015/10/14/protest-erupts-during-coca-cola-pouring-rights-forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protested\u003c/a> at an on-campus presentation by Coca-Cola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pouring rights are a privatization of our public education system,” said the petition, which is posted on the site of \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodChallengeSfsu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Food Challenge\u003c/a>, a group active in the protest. “Accepting money from private corporations in exchange for their mandatory presence on campus relinquishes student control over the campus environment, further exposes students to unhealthy soft drinks and corporate advertising, and undermines the integrity of public education by using compulsory policies to promote businesses that may not pursue our best interests or represent our values, such as increasing the availability of sustainable food choices on campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Xpress, the school newspaper, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatexpress.org/2015/10/14/protest-erupts-during-coca-cola-pouring-rights-forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported this\u003c/a> about the Oct. 14 demonstration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Mary Beth Carpenter, region asset manager at Coca-Cola Co., said she was shocked by the student involvement at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I must say, this is a first for me, so if I’m a little nervous it’s just because it’s a first,” Carpenter said. “We value the right to free speech, so right on San Francisco for sharing your views.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reading a list of demands, the protesters marched out of the room and said they were not interested in hearing the beverage company’s presentation. The protesters demanded that the university run all major decisions that effect students through the Associated Students, Inc. on campus and asked to be invited to an open town hall meeting with Wong, to further discuss the pouring rights agreement.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seeking $2 Million Minimum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university wrote in its proposal that it anticipated a payment of $2 million, minimum, for the contract, plus at least $125,000 annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was the school offering in return? The San Francisco Chronicle’s Heather Knight did a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Soda-battle-bubbles-up-at-S-F-State-6629002.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pretty funny write-up\u003c/a> of the promotional goodies the school was dangling:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Not only would the winning soda company get to sell loads of their drinks on campus, the contract could also include display space for ads in all of the university’s athletic venues, the right to name the university’s athletic complex for 10 years (Coke Stadium anyone?), permanent signage on all scoreboards, product sampling events and giveaways, in-game announcements and its logo on posters, programs and season-ticket brochures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But wait, there’s more! The company might also get to sell its own branded coolers, towels, bottles and other gear at athletic events and would get loads of free tickets to men’s and women’s basketball games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still more! The company could negotiate for a student internship program created for it, its own career and recruitment day on campus, the right to “establish a corporate named endowed chair in the college of its choice” and the right to serve as the main sponsor for a variety of events, including the annual President’s Dinner and Alumni Hall of Fame Celebration, which was held earlier this month at the Ritz-Carlton.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Well, that’s not going to happen. But school president Wong issued a challenge to students concerning the lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This decision will mean the loss of potential funding for student programs, scholarships and athletics. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/Stanford_University_campus_from_above.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/Stanford_University_campus_from_above-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"The Stanford University Board of Trustees has decided to not make direct investments of endowment funds in coal-mining companies. (Jawed Karim)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135415\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Stanford University Board of Trustees has decided to not make direct investments of endowment funds in coal-mining companies. (Jawed Karim)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A campaign on college campuses across the country aimed at stopping climate change received a big boost yesterday with the announcement that Stanford University will stop investing in coal companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution, passed by Stanford’s Board of Trustees, states the school will no longer directly invest in approximately 100 publicly traded companies whose primary business is coal extraction, in addition to divesting itself of any current holdings in such companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The university's review has concluded that coal is one of the most carbon-intensive methods of energy generation and that other sources can be readily substituted for it,” Stanford President John Hennessy said in a \u003ca href=\"http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/may/divest-coal-trustees-050714.html\" target=\"_blank\">statement explaining the move\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford’s “Statement of Investment Responsibility,” originally adopted in 1971, says that while trustees’ primary obligation is to maximize profits, the board should consider whether “corporate policies or practices create substantial social injury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135404\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/coal-plant.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-135404\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/coal-plant-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Stanford University Board of Trustees has decided to not make direct investments of endowment funds in coal-mining companies. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford’s decision bolsters a national campaign that has seen 11 other schools remove investments in fossil fuel companies. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Stanford has a responsibility as a global citizen to promote sustainability for our planet,\" Hennessy said. “Moving away from coal in the investment context is a small, but constructive, step while work continues, at Stanford and elsewhere, to develop broadly viable sustainable energy solutions for the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school does not disclose specific investment information about portfolio holdings or individual values, but Lisa Lapin, associate vice president of communications at Stanford, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/education/stanford-to-purge-18-billion-endowment-of-coal-stock.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">told the New York Times\u003c/a> that the school’s current investment in coal companies represents a small portion of its total $18.7 billion endowment. Thus, Lapin says, “a small percentage is still a substantial amount of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reacting to the news Wednesday, representatives from the coal industry said the divestment \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/05/07/310449120/when-colleges-divest-in-coal-its-barely-a-drop-in-the-bucket\" target=\"_blank\">will have no impact on the industry at all\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"left long\">\n\u003ch3>Divested Schools\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>College of the Atlantic\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foothill-De Anza Community College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Mountain College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hampshire College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naropa University\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peralta Community College District\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitzer College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prescott College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco State University\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford University\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sterling College\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unity College\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The move was initiated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.fossilfreestanford.org\" target=\"_blank\">Fossil Free Stanford\u003c/a>, a student-led organization that petitioned the university last year as part of a national campaign encouraging divestment from all fossil fuel companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's going to prove to be an enormous victory in terms of symbolism,” Michael Peñuelas, one of the leaders of Fossil Free Stanford, says. “And it's going to tell a lot of other university administrations and other private-sector institutions that this is a feasible move to divest from coal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford’s decision clearly bolsters a national campaign that has seen 11 other schools remove investments in fossil fuel companies. The schools include: San Francisco State, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23443908/san-francsico-state-university-votes-divest-investment-coal\" target=\"_blank\">divested from coal and tar sands companies last June\u003c/a>, Hampshire College, Pitzer College and a handful of smaller schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of Stanford’s decision is going to put an exclamation point at the end of everything (the national campaign) has done,” says David Meyer, professor of sociology at UC Irvine. “There tends to be a cascade effect when big players like Stanford get into the action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite campus protests, other schools, most notably Harvard and Middlebury, have refused to join the divestment campaign, questioning the effectiveness of the divestment strategy. More than 100 Harvard faculty members have signed a letter urging Harvard president Drew Faust to divest, and last week, one student was arrested on campus for attempting to blockade Faust’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics titled, \u003ca href=\"http://www.iop.harvard.edu/does-divestment-work\" target=\"_blank\">“Does Divestment Work?,”\u003c/a> draws parallels between fossil fuel divestment and similar campaigns to halt investment in South African companies during apartheid in the 1980s. The study suggests the effectiveness of divestment is not all about finances:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The evidence from South Africa suggests that divestment, while ineffective in a financial sense, can have an impact by shaping public discourse. … If universities across the country divested from fossil fuels, this would again be the case.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While Stanford's move is widely seen as an environmental victory, Meyer says, “It’s also worth pointing out that Stanford didn’t take the whole fossil fuel abstention position, only focusing on coal,” and not divesting from oil or natural gas companies, as Fossil Free Stanford’s petition called for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financially speaking, Meyer says “coal increasingly looks like it’s a bad investment.” This makes it much easier for Stanford’s Board of Trustees to remove funds from an already shaky investment — while earning environmental kudos in the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor: Bay Area billionaire Tom Steyer, \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201303201000\" target=\"_blank\">a noted environmental advocate\u003c/a>, sits on Stanford’s board. \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/06/stanford-becomes-the-most-prominent-university-yet-to-divest-from-coal/\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post suggests\u003c/a> that Steyer’s presence increased internal pressure on the school to approve the divestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the development is “exciting and encouraging for students,” Meyer fully expects them to “claim this victory and keep demanding more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/148441997&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The schools include: San Francisco State, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23443908/san-francsico-state-university-votes-divest-investment-coal\" target=\"_blank\">divested from coal and tar sands companies last June\u003c/a>, Hampshire College, Pitzer College and a handful of smaller schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of Stanford’s decision is going to put an exclamation point at the end of everything (the national campaign) has done,” says David Meyer, professor of sociology at UC Irvine. “There tends to be a cascade effect when big players like Stanford get into the action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite campus protests, other schools, most notably Harvard and Middlebury, have refused to join the divestment campaign, questioning the effectiveness of the divestment strategy. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by Erica Perez, \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/csu-mulls-pay-raises-3-new-presidents-despite-budget-troubles-17073\">California Watch\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time the California State University Board of Trustees is discussing a possible tuition increase and across-the-board pay cuts, it will also consider pay raises for three new campus presidents using foundation funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61450\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 237px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/04/sfst.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-61450\" title=\"sfst\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/04/sfst-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"119\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: San Francisco State University\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under compensation \u003ca href=\"http://calstate.edu/bot/agendas/jul12/UFP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">proposals [PDF]\u003c/a> the board will take up Tuesday, new CSU Northridge President Dianne Harrison and newly appointed CSU San Bernardino President Tomás Morales would receive 10 percent more in pay than their predecessors – the maximum amount allowable under the university’s newest executive compensation policy approved in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third college leader, new San Francisco State University President Leslie Wong, would receive 9 percent more than his predecessor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CSU trustees have been heavily criticized for their executive compensation policies since last summer, when San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman got a pay package totaling $100,000 more than the previous president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the trustees have made some changes to the policies. Most recently, in May, the board approved a policy that would freeze the amount of new presidents’ base pay from public funds, keeping it at the same level as the previous president’s salary until 2014. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the policy left room for CSU to pump up new presidents’ pay by up to 10 percent of the base using foundation funds. Harrison and Morales would get the full 10 percent available, while Wong would come very close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wei Ming Dariotis, associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University and president of that university’s chapter of the California Faculty Association, said that while she’s very optimistic about Wong as a leader, the pay raise feels like a “slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>San Francisco State University would pay new president Leslie Wong $325,000, including $26,251 from the San Francisco State University Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“As a public institution, I would think that we would be looking at folks who define the value of their work not by how well they are compensated but by the good they're able to do through the kind of institution they are serving,” Dariotis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU spokesman Michael Uhlenkamp said the executive compensation policy allows the university to recruit competitively while also being mindful of the economic situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have to recruit from a national pool for the best and brightest not only in presidents, but in faculty and in staff,” Uhlenkamp said. “Regardless of whether your salary's frozen, and there's a supplement that increases your salary, these individuals are being paid less than what they would make on the market outside the state of California or not working for the CSU.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The compensation proposals come as the trustees are talking about what they might cut if voters do not enact Gov. 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If the initiative fails, it would trigger a new $250 million cut for CSU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tuesday’s \u003ca href=\"http://calstate.edu/bot/agendas/jul12/Finance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">agenda [PDF]\u003c/a>, the trigger cut could lead the university to raise tuition by 5 percent midyear and cut pay and benefits across the system by 2.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could also lead the university to enact new fees, including charging students more for every extra class they take above 16 units per semester; fees for taking the same course more than twice; and a \"graduation incentive\" fee on so-called super seniors, students who have earned five years or more of academic credit on the state’s dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You juxtapose this conversation about how hard-hit the university is and how much sacrifice everyone is going to make and then flip around and really insist that these presidents can't do these jobs without these resources,” said Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association. “It’s staggering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the compensation proposal, Harrison would receive $324,500 per year, including $29,500 from the California State University Northridge Foundation. She also receives a $12,000 annual car allowance and lives rent-free in a university-owned house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although she’s earning 10 percent more than former CSU Northridge President Jolene Koester, the move to Northridge represents a 20 percent increase for Harrison personally. She made $270,315 in her previous job as president of CSU Monterey Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before her six-year stint as the leader of CSU Monterey Bay, Harrison spent 30 years at Florida State University, most recently as vice president for academic quality and external programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales comes to CSU San Bernardino after serving five years as president of the College of Staten Island, a four-year university in the City University of New York system. His new salary would total $319,000, including $29,000 from foundation sources. He also gets a $60,000 housing allowance and $12,000 car allowance annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong has served as president of Northern Michigan University since 2004. San Francisco State University will pay him $325,000, including $26,251 from the San Francisco State University Foundation, plus the same housing and car allowances as Morales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Wong, that’s about $123,000 above what he was making at Northern Michigan University, where the base salary totaled $201,995, although Wong also received $65,000 per year in deferred compensation in Michigan, according to a university spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco State University Foundation agreed to provide Wong up to $30,000 per year, according to a board \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/398847-sfsu-foundation-resolution-july-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">resolution\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Harrison, Morales and Wong, a fourth new president, California Maritime Academy President Thomas Cropper, will take home 3 percent less than the previous president, William Eisenhardt. Cropper will receive $250,000 per year plus free housing on campus and the standard car allowance. He will get no additional pay from foundation sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uhlenkamp described the California Maritime Academy presidential position as unique. Also, CSU reduced Cropper’s salary in part because the university's own analysis shows it pays California Maritime Academy’s president significantly more than comparable institutions pay their leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On average, the presidents at the five universities CSU considers comparable to California Maritime Academy earned about $200,000 in 2009-10, according to the university's peer group \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/357455-january-2012-new-csu-peer-groups-approved.html\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a>. That’s still 23 percent less than Cropper’s pay. The other universities are Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Maine Maritime Academy, Texas A&M University Galveston, SUNY Institute of Technology and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Erica Perez is an investigative journalist for \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/csu-mulls-pay-raises-3-new-presidents-despite-budget-troubles-17073\">California Watch\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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