University of California Data Analysis 2010-03-10T12:38:09Z

And he doesn't seem to know it: "... if one’s primary career objective is to become very wealthy, I would have to say that academic research (mathematical or otherwise) would not exactly be the optimal way to achieve that objective, although an academic job can offer various non-monetary benefits (e.g. tenure, flexible schedules, academic freedom, etc.) which are not always present in more lucrative occupations."http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/don’t-base-career-decisions-on-glamour-or-fame/

2010-03-10T12:38:09Z 2010-03-10T12:38:09Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

Wow, math pays well.

2010-03-10T08:41:11Z 2010-03-10T08:41:11Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

You have me all wrong. I don't work for the UC. I certainly believe the internal workings of the UC need major change. But I also know that when state support is cut by 70% per student over the years, internal adjustment and redistribution can't fix everything.

2010-03-08T18:01:56Z 2010-03-08T18:01:56Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

Anonymous,It sounds like your personal axe to grind, as a UCSD faculty member, is that you aren't rewarded enough for the grant-funded research you do, i.e. don't get to take home enough of that grant as salary. How many classes do you teach per year, I wonder?As for trends over time: There is info on tuition/fees and state funding on this page, with real data. I don't think anyone questions that state support has dwindled, but to claim that as the one "REAL PROBLEM" is to give a free pass to the corporate managers who run UC from the top.Presumably you've been paying attention. The people that skim away your grant money, and who make all decisions here from above (pretenses of the faculty senate aside), have only one response to a drop in funding: Pay workers less, make students pay more, and try to co-opt the protest movement by shifting focus away from themselves. Administration never shrinks, there are never fewer executive assistant vice whatevers, and there is no evidence for the claim that they need to retain "top talent", at least not that I've ever seen. Nor is there evidence that we can rely on that managerial class to make decisions that are good for students and workers.Look, I'm sure you profit quite handsomely from affiliating with an organization that CA taxpayers subsidize. If you are unhappy with your amount of profit, maybe you should consider what you can do to help this university live up to its mission for its students and other stakeholders, rather than parrot management's line. In the end, you will benefit.So what have you done to support George Lakoff's ballot measure to end minority rule in the state legislature?What have you done to help the student movement against cuts and fee increases?What have you done to help the workers whose puny salaries are being cut by 4% while the wealthy at UC aren't cut proportionally?This site grew out of a need to have data out there, since UCOP rarely does so itself (so much so that they may now be forced to go through a legislative audit). The "furlough" plan smelled fishy, and indeed it is. So is much else, as should be expected wherever decisions are made from the top, for those at the top (and their good friends).We can talk about the "real problem" on many different levels, but it's fruitless unless you're doing something to help on one or more of those levels. Sure, state funding is a "real problem". So is top-down rule. So is state capitalism. So is class warfare.Where's your contribution?

2010-03-08T12:40:44Z 2010-03-08T12:40:44Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Jeff info@ucpay.globl.org

Welcome to working for the UC. That, misinformation and a public license to complain about things that aren't true like professors being paid to take the summer off (Professors get paid for 9 months and receive no vacation benefits) and you end up going from a great university that educated students for a price you could afford to the terminal mess we have now.

2010-03-08T08:01:42Z 2010-03-08T08:01:42Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

are you ever going to take this down? isnt this invasion of privacy? full name and earning of that person?

2010-03-07T21:20:26Z 2010-03-07T21:20:26Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

I actually think a lot of the information on this web site is not quite realistic. Certainly the operations of the UC could be streamlined and the size of the administration reduced. But the REAL PROBLEM is that the citizens have been electing public officials who have been cutting state support for the UC for 40 years. Then the UC raises tuition, but never to the extent required to make up for the state budget cuts. One consequence is that tuition is sky high, which is now finally getting people's attention. But the other is that the total cost per undergrad student (sum of tuition and state support; see Calif Commission on Higher Education) adjusted for inflation is 15% less than when I was an undergrad 40 years ago. Just like when your salary doesn't keep up with inflation and you gradually have to lower your living style, at the UC this means increasing class size, doubling of the ratio of students to professors, no building maintenance, vastly reduced student services and so forth. Sadly, the average taxpayer saves only $30 to $40 per year in taxes because of these cuts but now can't afford to send their children to college.

2010-03-07T07:14:40Z 2010-03-07T07:14:40Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

Actually Jeff, you are not quite right about the profitability of the medical centers. At UCSD the medical center gives a lot of its profit to pay the deficit of the medical school that is created in part by loss of state support to the medical school and in part by monies being transferred out of the medical school to the main campus to pay for undergraduate education. For example, depending on the department at the UCSD School of Medicine each faculty member who has a state supported salary has to pay a tax on the state supported portion of their salary (from grant funds) that is as high as 25% to pay for operating expenses and past state cuts (that is in addition to salary cuts and furloughs) but no employee or undergrad campus faculty member pays such a tax. In addition, I might add, that the medical center has to pay for replacing its Hillcrest medical facilities that do not meet earthquake standards so that it can continue to provide medical care to the poorest people in San Diego. The profit is an illusion booked against different kinds of real liabilities that are kept hidden.

2010-03-07T07:02:24Z 2010-03-07T07:02:24Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org

Thanks for the info, Anonymous. Please provide citations in the future.Also, the medical centers are profit-generating enterprises, so they're in a whole different category.

2010-03-06T18:52:09Z 2010-03-06T18:52:09Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Jeff info@ucpay.globl.org

If you are a medical school non-clinical faculty member your salary consists of a minimum base salary, extra base salary if you are paid on a higher salary scale and negotiated extra salary. The two salary figures listed are the sum of all base salary and teh extra negotiated salary. By state regulation the extra base salary and negotiated extra salary are paid from your research grants and cannot be paid from state funds (including teaching funds). Depending on your situation, up to 100% of your minimum base salary is also paid from your research grants. It should be noted that the UCSD Medical School only has approximately 1 stated funded minimum base salary for every 8 faculty members.

2010-03-06T10:14:06Z 2010-03-06T10:14:06Z tag:ucpay.globl.org Anonymous info@ucpay.globl.org