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CSU NEWS

• Executive Pay
  
• Strike vote
  
• Former President Sued
  
  Executive Pay
   Following reports of large perks and bonuses for highly paid UC executives (see Spring-Fall 2006 Newsletter), executive pay practices at csu have come under scrutiny. For example, a January headline in the San Francisco Chronicle reads, "California State University: Top executives are in line for 4% salary hike. Lawmakers cry foul as student fees are going up, faculty pay talks bogging down." Last year the top executives had received an average raise of 19%
  
   In February, state legislators requested an audit of the csu system. Two weeks later a proposed new bill was announced. If passed, "The California State University Reform, Trust and Responsibility Act" would require that csu executive compensation packages be approved in public sessions and establish more legislative oversight of the csu Governance Board.
  Sources: San Francisco Chronicle 1/23/07, The State Hornet 3/7//07, California Faculty Winter 2007
  
  
  Strike vote
   CSU has 23 campuses, and more than 23 reasons to go on strike. These include large raises for campus presidents accompanied by small faculty raises; large increases in student fees; an increase in full-time equivalent students without a corresponding increase in full-time equivalent faculty; and "bureaucratic bloat": over 1,000 administrators who earn more than $100,000 per year. For details see the California Faculty Association Web site.
  
   Collective bargaining began about two years ago, but did not achieve an agreement. A strike vote started on March 8. Results are to be announced March 21.
  Sources: California Faculty Winter 2007, InsideBayArea.com 3/8/07
  
  
  Former President Sued
   Former CSU Monterey Bay President Peter Smith is a defendant in the California Faculty Association's lawsuit concerning executive pay. During Smith's presidency, CSU Monterey Bay expenses included a $1-million settlement for a case alleging racial discrimination (see Fall 2002 Newsletter). Currently, Smith is Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO and under scrutiny for his management of UNESCO funds.
  Sources: California Faculty Winter 2007, Monterey County Weekly 3/1/07 ü
  
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