Higher Ed
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Santa Cruz’s students kept their end of the bargain. Prop 1 keeps California’s.

by Mel Levine and Jesse Torres

UC Santa Cruz students are doing their part to keep California’s promise of higher education, but soaring housing costs threaten their ability to stay in school and graduate, write Mel Levine and Jesse Torres, who advocate for public higher education and increased investment in California’s colleges and universities. The authors argue that Proposition 1, which includes $350 million for affordable student housing at UC and CSU campuses, could help ease the crisis for students and the Santa Cruz community.

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Why is Proposition 38 sidelining UC Santa Cruz?

by Robert M. Kaplan

California is asking taxpayers to take on $8.4 billion in debt for research, but a provision in Proposition 38 could leave UC Santa Cruz without a guaranteed voice in how some of that money is distributed. Former NIH official Robert M. Kaplan, who chairs the No on 38 campaign, says seven University of California campuses get designated seats on a research council, while UCSC, UC Santa Barbara and UC Merced are left out. He argues that UCSC’s strong record of winning federal research grants makes its exclusion hard to justify. Kaplan urges Santa Cruz voters to ask why some campuses get a seat at the table while others don’t — especially when taxpayers will be paying off the bonds for decades.

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UC Santa Cruz students could lose campus BCycle e-bike stations as contract talks stall

Lookout intern Kate Lipsky by Kate Lipsky

UC Santa Cruz’s five-year agreement with BCycle could end early as the e-bike rental company seeks more university funding, citing bike and docking-station damage and rising operating costs. The bikes will remain on campus through at least the end of fall quarter, but students who rely on the service could lose access to campus stations if negotiations fail.

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A Lookout View: Karen Cogswell for Cabrillo College trustee

by Lookout Editorial Board

With Cabrillo College at an important crossroads with finances, attracting and retaining students, expanding its offerings and rebuilding trust with parts of the community after the debate over changing the school’s name, the Lookout Editorial Board endorses Karen Cogswell for the Area 6 seat on Cabrillo’s governing board, citing the most relevant experience, the clearest ideas and the strongest grasp of the college’s challenges among the three candidates.

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