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LOS ANGELES TIMES OPINION: CSU starts to see the light on pay

January 25, 2012

Facing criticism on many fronts -- including from The Times' editorial board -- California State University trustees backed down Tuesday from their long-planned, much-amended and nevertheless unacceptable proposal for setting salaries for campus presidents.

MERCED SUN-STAR: CSU's top salaries not rational

January 24, 2012

The California State University board of trustees will convene Wednesday to take up its revised formula for paying CSU campus presidents.

CSU analysts have improved the method for computing presidents' salaries. But they haven't gone far enough.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: CSU trustees to vote on top executives' pay

January 24, 2012

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | KPCC
At a meeting in Long Beach on Wednesday, California State University trustees are set to debate and vote on changes to system executives’ pay.

Pay for top university officials has been a hot button topic for a year. Cal State’s president has said he’s eager to keep compensation on par with public and some private institutions. That way the system can attract the best administrators to the largest public university system on the nation.

CBS-KNX Radio Los Angeles: Executive pay tops agenda.

January 24, 2012

LONG BEACH (CBS) — Executive pay and an impasse with the teachers union were atop the agenda as Cal State University trustees began a two-day meeting in Long Beach on Tuesday.

KNX 1070′s Ron Kilgore reports the unusually high-profile summit has even drawn the attention of a state senator.

State Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) leads the opposition to president’s pay and was expected to make a personal appearance at the meeting.

Sen. Ted Lieu, sponsor of bill limiting CSU pay, will testify at trustee hearing on compensation

January 24, 2012

Hearing to begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25

LONG BEACH – Speaking in support of limiting raises for California State University campus presidents, Sen. Ted W.

THEONION.Com: CSU students react to CSU pay hike

January 24, 2012

Editor's note: Every week, The Orion will feature two Chico State students' opposing opinions about a given topic.

State Sen. Ted Lieu proposed a bill out of frustration for the fact that California State University executives receive pay raises while simultaneously raising tuition. The bill would cap the salaries of CSU presidents and require discussions about pay be held in public.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: CSU trustees reject attempt to cap presidents' pay

January 24, 2012

Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer

California State University trustees have rejected an 11th-hour attempt by a state senator to stop them from considering - and likely adopting - a new policy Wednesday that would let them set higher salary levels for CSU's 23 campus presidents.

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SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL: CSU presidents' salaries still don’t fit fiscal reality

January 24, 2012

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LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM: CSU Trustees to consider compensation, budget at meeting

January 24, 2012

By Kelly Puente Staff Writer

LONG BEACH - The Cal State University Board of Trustees will meet in Long Beach this week to discuss presidential compensation, the state budget and other issues.

The series of meeting will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. and will run though Thursday at the CSU Office of the Chancellor, 401 Golden Shore St. Trustees are expected to discuss the issue of presidential selection and compensation at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday.