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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:57 PM Original message |
UC San Diego profs come up with budget fixer: Close UC Merced |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I vote Cali close UC San Diego |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. San Diego State University is starving its Imperial County campus |
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DAMANgoldberg (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I'm not from CA |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The UC and Cal State systems supposedly have different |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Here's a good summary of the difference in mission between UC |
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sdbell (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. ucsd, san diego state |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Indeed, and CA is large enough to need both. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. UC Merced just opened! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The Valley needs more UC's, not fewer |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I was just wondering about that. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Chico and Humboldt |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Yay Humboldt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Look how long it took open Merced |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. They are selfish assholes. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. If the good of the many is considered, UCSD would be a better candidate for closing |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Santa Cruz has the highest cost of living, I think |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Santa Cruz is a much nicer place than San Diego, so I would support it over UCSD |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I agree :) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. UCSC isn't even close to being in the same league as UCSD academically or in research |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Depends on which academic program. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Santa Cruz has a high cost of living because they are a small area with a big school |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Well I'm not working for the school |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Yeah, but if the school closed and 500 75K jobs were lost, plus |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Tour guide at the Mystery Spot |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I would like to take a moment to tell you |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. But UCSD is a top-notch school, academically. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. But the teragrid...and Scrips.... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. How about the population? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That's the stupidest reasoning I have ever seen |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Merced pulls from a region from roughly Stockton to Bakersfield. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I would guess the UC pulls from throughout the state |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. My parents live in San Diego |
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Platypus (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. What are they smoking? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Santa Cruz population: 253,137 |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. You would be surprised to know that UC campuses tend to have students that are not local. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tax and legalize pot, release all non-violent drug inmates |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Exactly. This is the very first, very human step to cutting costs all over the US. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. They should raise tuition |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Tuition? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. They just call them fees |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Long term, the Mondavi Center makes money for Davis. It's an investment. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. I'll even send him the pineapple |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. I have an idea, why not close down the entire city of San Diego |
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jclincali (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. UC Merced is kind of a dud. Something needs to be done about it regardless of budget issues. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. How so? |
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jclincali (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Extremely low enrollment, unpopular to students attending and merced's local community. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I think it looks pretty nice |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I think UC Merced has had 1 graduating class, if at all (they opened in 05 I believe) |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Many students have not heard about it yet, and many programs have not been funded yet. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. "Green?" |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. WoW! After all of, what, 2 years? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. And that is why the professors do not run the school. They are apparently too dumb to send it to |
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dd20045 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. hold up here guys/gals |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. If only California had a Republican Governor, that state would be in great fiscal shape. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. NOOOOOOO!!!!! Save the Banana Slugs!! |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. UCSC has done some major scientific work |
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rschop (493 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Reducing the high costs of a college education |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
56. This story is a few weeks old, and certainly angered many professors... |
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