Photo via UCLA policeOPINION – As the guardians of public safety on college campuses, we have called on the UC Board of Regents to work with us on solutions that allow for peaceful protests while ensuring California universities achieve their mission of safely educating their students.
Image by Ground PictureWorkers across our country—including writers, nurses and auto workers – have taken to picket lines in large numbers. The overwhelming majority of Americans—whether in unions or not—have stood with them. Sadly, UC Administrators have chosen a very different path.
UC students on the Berkeley campus during a spring open house known as Cal Day. (Photo: cdrin, via Shutterstock) It’s a common story. California high school graduates with top grades and scores still aren’t able to get into the University of California campus of their choice. Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, says he hears that complaint from constituents “all the time – at Trader Joe’s, at soccer fields and walking down the street.”