In response to lobbying from students and union members from across the state, the Governor of California reduced his proposed budget cuts to the UC from 8% to 3%, or $270 million, for the 2025-26 school year. But UC campus leaders, who already budgeted for 8% reductions, are still moving forward with harsh austerity measures. Their budget cuts are disproportionately harming undergraduate writing and language instruction, where mostly lecturers teach essential skills for student success. Nearly 100 lecturers have already seen their appointments reduced or eliminated, and many more are bracing for further cuts over the summer.
Campus administrators are making unnecessary cuts that will harm undergraduate instruction, and that will undermine future goodwill from the Governor and state legislature. They have the ability to choose another path. That’s why UC-AFT and its supporters are calling on the UC Regents to compel campuses to change course, and to protect undergraduate education at UC before it’s too late.
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