A leaked e-mail conversation between Cal Poly officials regarding the proposed faculty exchange between Cal Poly’s College of Engineering and Jubail University College (JUC) in Saudi Arabia detailed the apparent concern to push the controversial deal through before “the Saudis lose patience.”
The e-mail dialogue between CENG Associate Dean Ed Sullivan, Cal Poly Grants Development Director Xenia Bixler, Cal Poly Provost Bill Durgin, and Dean of Research and Graduate Programs Susan Opava was apparently inadvertently attached to an unrelated e-mail sent to all Cal Poly engineering faculty on May 16. A faculty member, who wishes to remain anonymous, also forwarded the e-mail to the Mustang Daily.
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As campus-wide concern about the yet-to-be finalized and controversial contract between Cal Poly’s College of Engineering and Jubail University College (JUC) in Saudi Arabia mounts, students are taking action to ensure their voice on the matter gets heard.
A petition requesting for an open forum between Cal Poly students, the Academic Senate and university administrators was circulated in the University Union this week, and presented at the Associated Student Inc. Board of Directors meeting later in the day.
The petition, which circulated for six hours, gathered 120 signatures in support of such a forum, according to Christina Chiappe, Cal Poly College Republicans president and one of the organizers of the petition.
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The California State University system was strongly criticized for questionable executive compensation policies in a detailed audit released last week by the state auditor.
The report, entitled “California State University: It Needs to Strengthen Its Oversight and Establish Stricter Policies for Compensating Current and Former Employees” revealed no legal breaches but urged the CSU system to modify its employee compensation procedures and to make future decisions more transparent.
The 115-page audit concluded that the CSU has not developed an adequate central monitoring system to review compensation policies or measure the impacts of such payments on the system’s finances.
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