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Local law school has one of worst employment records
Not sure where your information comes from, but the last time I checked, in the 2012-2013 budget that Moonbeam signed into law, budget for Higher Educations is a total of $23.1 billion, with $11.6 billion from the general fund and $11.5 billion in other funds, and the CDRC budgethas a total funding of $9 billion, with $8.8 billion coming from the general fund and $201.6 million from other sources..I believe the total budget is just under $91 billion, so you can do the math on the percentages.— October 24, 2012 9:07 a.m.
Local law school has one of worst employment records
Don Bauder, Tedford’s compensation package is typical of major sport coaches at most major colleges. Less than $240k of his salary came from the UC system. The remainder, in this case in the neighborhood of $2.1 million, came from television, radio or other media shows; making speeches and other public appearances, running youth football camps, endorsement deals, etc. In other words, its money he earned away from his responsibilities as Cal’s football coach. For example, many major school coaches have their own weekly show, either TV or radio and sometimes both. Many of them are hired to do commercials for businesses in their cities, banks, sporting goods stores, restaurants, car dealers, you get the idea. In the off season for their sports, some of the most successful ones are hired to give motivational speeches. I went to one by Mike Krzyzewski a couple of years ago, for example. Two or three years ago, Coach K and 3 other coaches did a commercial for guitar hero imitating the famous Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business. I can’t vouch for the accuracy, but it was reported they each were paid more than 50K. I could go on ad nauseum, but my point is this. Why would a coaches extra income, earned from those types of endeavors, be “steered” to academics. Even more to the point, why should it. I would be interested in hearing your logic for that.— October 23, 2012 8:38 a.m.
Murdoch mulls buying LA Times, Chicago Tribune
The rule is still on the book. The FCC did "relax" some of the rules on cross ownership in the same city. Last summer, in response to a lawsuit, the Appeals Court for the Third Circuit vacated the changes that the Commission had made to the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership. The Third Circuit directed the FCC to consider the remanded issues within the context of its Quadrennial Review and order the prior rules remain in place. Last month, several companies wanting waivers of the cross ownership rule wanted an extension of the deadline for filing the waver petition until 60 days after the FCC votes on its proposed revisions to the rule, since that could affect the applicable standard for review of those petitions.. The FCC agreed and granted the extensions until after the FCC votes, which they have said won’t be until after the election and possibly after January, should there be a change in administration. The parties who filed the original lawsuit have already said they would file a new one if the rule change goes through. It took 3 yrs for the last decision. If it goes to court again, who knows how long it will take.— October 22, 2012 12:58 p.m.
Murdoch mulls buying LA Times, Chicago Tribune
I have read $400 million for just the LAT alone.— October 21, 2012 9:52 p.m.
Murdoch mulls buying LA Times, Chicago Tribune
The FCC prohibits media companies from owning a newspaper and TV stations in the same market. News Corp currently owns two Fox stations in LA and two in Chicago. I believe that News Corp received and exemption from the FCC when it acquired Newsday. Considering the recent News Corp shenanigans in Great Britain, I wonder if the FCC might not be disinclined to grant one now. I don't believe that anything could happen for a few months anyway, until Tribune exits BK and then it would be up to two investment firms and the bank that hold Tribune's debt.— October 21, 2012 9:49 p.m.
Aqualung at 40...You Poor Old Sod
Years and years ago, I mean probably at least 30-35, Ian Anderson said in a recorded interview that he envisioned Aqualung, the homeless man with poor hygiene portrayed in the cover painting, getting that nickname because of breathing problems. And of course, his then wife Jenny helped write the song.— October 21, 2012 9:32 p.m.
Monumental: Airplane Ridge
Here's a much more complete version of the story: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v51-3/pdf/…— October 21, 2012 10:55 a.m.
Local law school has one of worst employment records
Ok, I just looked this up. In 1968, our base tuition and fees were $160 per semester. Depending on whose formula you use, in 2012 dollars that translates to somewhere between $830 and $1070 per semester or $1660 and $2140 per year. Resident University Tuition and Student Service Fees at UCLA for next year are estimated to be $12686. According to their website, SDSU undergrad California resident Basic Tuition and Fees are estimated to be $7076. That’s just tuition and fees. Somewhere in the last 40+ yrs, something has gotten royally f**cked up.— October 19, 2012 1:46 p.m.
Local law school has one of worst employment records
That's true. But you have to look a little deeper than that. In 2010, Cal’s head football coach Jeff Tedford ranked as the highest paid UC employee, at $2.3 million. Sounds outrageous doesn't it? But if you looked a little deeper, you would see that his base salary was less than $240k. The rest of his income came from money coming from grants, private gifts and endowments. He earned over $1.5 million from television, radio or other media shows; making speeches, other public appearances, running youth football camps. According to the president’s office at Cal, none of that money comes from Cal. Most people think it's the schools that pay all of that money; they just don’t understand that the highest paid coaches draw their salaries almost entirely from athletic department revenue, private gifts, sponsorships and donations. Our niece went to ASU and still lives over there. She said she can't even count how many times that the newspapers over there have given the breakdown of the coach’s salaries, both ASU and U of A. She says it all there in black and white. All of there compensation coming from either school come directly and only from money generated by the athletic department. The rest of it comes from the same sources I mentioned above. And still people complain about how much coaches get paid. Now, we have had this discussion here before and you have basically said that you don't believe it. So I would like to point out that the TV contract that the Pac 12 signed earlier this year guaranteeing each of the 12 schools in the conference about $21 million. That's $21 million ONLY from TV broadcasts on Fox and ESPN. According to documents released earlier this year, UCLA and USC had athletic department revenues in 2010-2011 of $66 million and $84.19 million, respectively, remembering of course that USC is not a public university. Think that's a lot? Texas took in a little more than $150 million in 2010-2011. By contrast, SDSU’s athletic department took in just over $45 million last year. But don’t confuse revenue with profit. According to a USA Today story, based on public schools' 2010-2011 filings with the NCAA and DoE, only 22 Division I athletic programs are operating in the black. Now I'm sure that you are still at the very least skeptical, but the info is out there for any and all to see. It's a requirement of the DoE that this information is filed on an annual basis. To be specific: Under the Federal Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act all coed post-secondary education institutions participating in a Title IV, federal student financial assistance program and have intercollegiate athletic program are required to file annual reports with the Department of Education on athletic participation, expenses, revenues and staffing for both men's and women's teams.. Whether you like the salaries or not, the programs pay for them, not the schools general fund.— October 19, 2012 1:18 p.m.
Local law school has one of worst employment records
"Yep, all true- and if that happens the students most likely would NOT pay the tuition and go elsewhere causing the school to close, and if tuition were too high that it could not be paid back then that too would force the school to close-or lower costs" My point exactly, but for all colleges, not just law school. Having the government in the college loan business is not the problem, so having the schools carry the loans is not the solution. The problem, the reason why kids have to borrow so much and then can't earn enough to pay it back is that it costs too damn much to go to school. I would have to do some research to find out exactly how much we paid, but I know that it costs more for 1 year at UCLA that it cost for my wife and I combined for 4 yrs at Berkeley. We've put 2 kids thru UCLA, undergrad and grad. Our youngest got her masters this past spring. If she had been an incoming freshman this year, fees and tuition alone would have been almost 13K. To solve the problem, you need to correct the root cause. The root cause is not how much the schools charge. The root cause is how much they spend.I readily admit that I don't have a solution. If I remember correctly, there was a $650 million cut in state funding to the CSU system for this year,. There were tuition hikes obviously meant to offset part of that. But cut's in funding aren't the only problem. I read recently that the dean of school of engineering at UCSD is leaving to take the dean of engineering job at a school in Australia. He was making more than $350k at UCSD. The new president at SDSU was hired in last year at $400k. A study last summer showed In 2010-11, median compensation for public college presidents was $421,395. That's just salary. throw in housing, retirement and bonuses and you're talking closer to $600k. And some of them make a whole lot more than that: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/201… Like I said, I don't have the solution. But it seems to me that when you get to the root of the problem, their expenses, compensation might be a good place to start.— October 19, 2012 10:16 a.m.