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Letter to the Editor: Trump’s UCLA demands are ‘chilling violations of free speech and academic freedom’
/in UncategorizedOn September 17, 2025, the Los Angeles Times published this Letter to the Editor from Jeff Seymour, co-founder of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: California knows fault lines. They run beneath us, unseen until pressure builds and rupture comes. Today, UCLA finds itself on one — facing a political earthquake that could shake […]
Op-Ed: Trump’s attack on UCLA is a threat to every public university in the nation
/in UncategorizedOn August 24, 2025, The Sacramento Bee published this Op-Ed from Mel Levine, chair of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: When the federal government freezes more than half a billion dollars in university research funding and demands an additional unprecedented $1 billion “settlement,” it’s not simply a policy dispute. For UCLA, one of […]
Letters to the Editor: Federal funding cuts threaten California students’ educational opportunities
/in UncategorizedOn April 23, 2025, The Sacramento Bee published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: Federal funding cuts are indeed concerning, especially with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s nearly 8% proposed decrease in the 2025-26 general fund appropriations for the California State University and University of California […]
Op-Ed: UC and CSU funding essential to California’s economic future
/in UncategorizedOn April 16, 2025, Capitol Weekly published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: For decades, California’s public university system has been the envy of much of the world – a powerhouse of research, innovation and economic opportunity. Today, however, the University of California (UC) […]
Op-Ed: Ongoing University of California Strike Hurts Both Students and the Picketing Workers
/in UncategorizedOn December 2, 2022, CalMatters published this Op-Ed from Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, co-chairs of the California Coalition for Public Higher Education: United Auto Workers, the labor union negotiating for striking workers at the University of California’s 10 campuses, claims it is “fighting for a UC that works for its students and its workers.” But some of […]