California: Budget battle begins with student, faculty sit-in

by E Wayne Ross on November 17, 2008

Golden Gate [X]press: Budget battle begins with student, faculty sit-in

Universities in the CSU system have been asked to make an additional $66 million in mid-semester cuts to their programs, and at least one department at SF State is saying “no way.”

The Department of Anthropology has refused to make the proposed cuts called for by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest budget revision, using class time to discuss the reductions that could catastrophically limit class availability and tarnish the program’s credibility in the academic community, said department chair Doug Bailey.