California: Administrators’ pay hike raises ire of CSU faculty; Students turned away because of funding

by E Wayne Ross on November 28, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune: Administrators’ pay hike raises ire of CSU faculty
Students turned away because of funding

Some California State University faculty members are angry the system has awarded pay raises of up to 19 percent to high-level administrators while turning away students because of inadequate funding.

The raises represent a fraction of the CSU system’s proposed $5.1 billion budget and were approved during the course of the year.

At a time when the 23 campuses are under pressure to trim budgets, and 10,000 applicants are being shut out by a newly enforced enrollment cap, the salary increases seem ill-advised to some.