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This US is in a Higher Education Crisis. This is the largest strike in academic history. This is just the beginning.
We strike for student loans, for overcrowded dorms, for increasing tuition and enrollment, for overstuffed classrooms. We strike for the professors of tomorrow, for our children's eduction. We strike for affordability and accessibility of the greatest equalizer we have - education. We strike for public state schools to be an option for the average person.
We strike for you.
We are one of many Universities. Here is our story...
University of California states that it is a student-centered, research-focused, and service-oriented university. At some point, that focus was lost.
The strike at across all campuses of University of California is representative of a much larger issue in the current state of higher education in the United States for all levels, from undergraduates to faculty. Academic employees are no longer the top priority. Research and teaching are no longer the top goal.
These issues have been bubbling up over time, both at University of California and across the US. This strike happens now because the breaking point happened sooner than it would have due to the additional strain from COVID-19, both economically and mentally.
Graduate students should not be homeless. Graduate students should not go hungry. But in 2022 in California, they do both. Or they quit.
This site is an ongoing effort to communicate issues in higher education with UC (and often UCSD) as example cases. Please check back regularly for updates.
For further analyses on key strike issues, please see the associated pages listed at the top right.
Figures and excerpts taken from University of California's 2022 Accountability Report (UCAR) without change
Goal #2: Achieving a 90 percent overall graduation rate and eliminating gaps for timely graduation and graduate degree attainment for Pell, first‐generation, and underrepresented groups
"Of the additional 200,000 degrees UC will produce, over 40,000 will be graduate degrees, and this growth will primarily be achieved through increased graduate enrollment across the system."
University-wide graduate academic applications have increased substantially since 2012, while admits and new enrollments have remained relatively flat. "
UCAR 77
UCAR 79
UCAR 79 -- highlights show decreased enrollment
UCAR 96, 106, 154
UCAR 105
With federal funding supporting about half of UC research, the vitality of the UC research enterprise is
dependent on agencies whose funding is reviewed annually.
USAR 157
Direct costs: amount spent on salaries, benefits, equipment, and materials directly linked to the project
Indirect Costs: facilities and administration overhead required to support the research project, including debt service,
maintenance, and libraries
As in all research universities, career advancement at UC (including tenure), requires a significant body of scholarly or creative work."