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Judge Temporarily Blocks Cuts at Sonoma State A judge issued a temporary restraining order to stop sweeping cuts, finding that the university violated its own policies on winding down academic programs.

This is now a whodunit. The rot goes to the top, but how high? Who is driving the budget cuts that are being used to justify the illegal gutting of higher education in California? Cutrer? Garcia? The Board of Trustees? Gavin Newsom? How high does it go? #CSU #SSU #SonomaState

Why does #SonomaState have financial issues? Same issue all CS and UC have, bloat at top:

The interim president of Sonoma State University, Emily Cutrer, has a base salary of $381,408. She also receives an additional $60,000 per year for housing and a $1,000 monthly car allowance.

Beware the Mass Deployment of ChatGPT at CSU This is a moment of real moral gravity. CSU could become a beacon showing how AI and education can co-evolve for the better—or a cautionary tale of how even well-meaning institutions can self-destruct...

"This is a moment of real moral gravity. CSU could become a beacon showing how AI and education can co-evolve for the better—or a cautionary tale of how even well-meaning institutions can self-destruct by mistaking automation for progress." #CSU #ChatGPT #SonomaState #HigherEducation #AI

Keep in mind every day that the plan to save #SonomaState is being crafted by the same people who made the plan to destroy Sonoma State, and who have demonstrated their utter disregard for the community. There needs to be an alternate competing plan.

This is from the legislative hearings on the future of #SonomaState, held February 21, 2025. The congressman who has represented this campus "forever" understands #SSU better than the CSU system itself does. The rot at the CSU system goes all the way to the top, and the legislature must intervene.

Q&A with the President In an exclusive interview on Feb. 18, the Sonoma State Star sat down with the school’s interim President Emily F. Cutrer, to discuss the budget cut crisis and other issues affecting everyone at Sonoma...

It is important for everyone to keep in mind that the big #SSU PLAN that everyone is waiting for will be written by the same person who created the last plan. That's a recipe for disaster, and others must offer competing plans, ideally before the President Cutrer's plan is released. #SonomaState

We notice and we see the instability from the Chancellor’s office. While this conversation is happening in Sonoma County, it won’t stay in Sonoma County. We have 6-7 CSUs that are going to have to be dealing with the same thing, and the entire legislature is watching how the Chancellor’s Office is handling Sonoma State, and they are asking what is coming to their districts next. They have seen a campus that has rallied around itself, while they have a Chancellor’s Office that doesn’t care what we think.

From the February 21st legislative hearings on the future of #SonomaState

Close to Home: Let us, faculty members, fix the budget crisis at SSU Sonoma State does not have an enrollment crisis — it has a budget crisis, professors say.

"Years of fiscal mismanagement by temporary administrators with few ties to the community have driven our university to the brink....In the late 1990s, when enrollment was below 6,000 students, the university had more faculty and the same number of academic programs..." #SonomaState #SSU

North Bay state legislators to hold series of meetings on SSU budget cuts Legislators said they were “committed to strengthening SSU and disappointed in the university’s inadequate consultation, transparency, and vision.”

This is good news. Keep the pressure on your California State Representatives. Public hearing scheduled for Feb. 21. #Save_SSU #SSU #CSU #SonomaState #Sonomacounty

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Budget surplus in CA - yet cuts still coming to relatively inexpensive programs like Gender Studies at #sonomastate. #gavinnewsom #bluemaga

In major turnaround, California will have a budget surplus, Newsom says The budget picture Newsom describes is a major turnaround from the $47 billion deficit last year and the $32 billion shortfall the year before.

This article is from last month. There is no reason to cut the CSU budget by 8%. Tell Governor Newsom and the CA legislature to fully fund public higher education in California. #SonomaState #SSU #CSU

Tragic development at #SonomaState— the school is eliminating numerous majors, not just the usual arts targets (Theater Arts, Art History and Dance) but also Physics, Geology, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Public Administration, and Women’s and Gender Studies). The university is being gutted.

County Officials Urge Sonoma State to Rethink Huge Cuts and Plan for University’s Future | KQED The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to university leaders saying the planned cuts “seem destined to exacerbate enrollment’s downward spiral.”

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors tells #SSU, "These cuts seem destined to exacerbate enrollment’s downward spiral, with no indication of how that will be arrested and reversed.” Local officials must speak with one voice to the CA legislature about investing in higher education. #SonomaState #CSU

CSU announces landmark public-private initiative that will make it the nation’s first and largest AI-powered university system Today, the California State University (CSU), the largest and most diverse public four-year university in the country, announced a first-of-its-kind public-private initiative with some of the world’s ...

This is part of the same story, and it's great news for Silicon Valley, and bad news for #SonomaState. AI is corrosive of education unless you use it VERY carefully, and whatever #SSU's problems, it wasn't that students and faculty couldn't access ChatGPT.

Big state systems were among those announcing cuts in January A growing number of institutions across the country are looking to shore up their finances by eliminating athletic programs as well as jobs and underenrolled academic programs.

#SSU is featured along with many other colleges nationwide. The only solution is for California to re-commit to funding higher education and investing in our state's future. We used to know how and why to do that. We must remember. #SonomaState

An exclusive interview with SSU Interim President Emily Cutrer In her first media appearance since the announcement of deep budget cuts, Cutrer addressed criticism and discussed next steps with Press Democrat reporters.

New interview: Press Democrat asks great questions and #SSU President gives shitty answers:
#SonomaState

Too busy firing faculty and decimating the publicly funded institutions they are supposed to serve #sonomastate

The #SSU cuts weren't random, but drawn from across the liberal arts and sciences. Pre-professional programs were spared. The agenda is to replace higher education with vocational education, and not just at SSU. CA Legislature: In an age of misinformation, we need higher education. #SonomaState

Find Your California Representatives Use your residential address to find your California State Senate and Assembly representatives.

If SSU can be saved, it's up to the legislature. They need to say: (1) No CSUs are going to close, (2) Give SSU what it needs to survive, and (3) Including not only money but also new leadership with a plan to make the most of the campus's assets. #SSU #SonomaState
findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

Somehow we have to convince the legislature that higher education is more important now than ever, more important than when the California higher education plan was originally implemented, and needs to be fully funded. #SSU #SonomaState

Save SSU Rally #SSU #SonomaState

Protest at Sonoma State University against drastic budget cuts.

A beautiful sight. People packing Seawolf plaza to save #SonomaStateUniversity. #SSU #CSU #rohnertpark #SonomaState

The War on Art, Sonoma State University Cuts Strike Blow | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties Anyone in the tri-county area within earshot of an academic has probably heard about the dramatic cuts occurring at the North Bay’s only state college—Sonoma State University. Due to a colossal budget deficit precipitated by declining enrollment, years-long administrative woes (including a sexual harassment scandal in 2022) and inflation, the beleaguered school is eliminating several […]

🎭✂️ Sonoma State University is gutting its arts programs, and the collateral damage isn’t just academic—it’s cultural. I break down the cuts and their impact in my latest for the @NorthBayBohemian. #SaveTheArts #SonomaState dhowl.com/4hx7cyM

Cal State system braces for possible cuts in classes, sports due to budget problems and enrollment decline Among the most dramatic proposals, Sonoma State wants to drop its intercollegiate athletic teams. Students are angry.

"The governor’s plan calls for a nearly 8% reduction in state funding in 2025-26 for both CSU and the University of California (UC), while also deferring previously promised budget increases of 5% until 2027-28." We need higher education now more than ever. #SSU #SonomaState

SSU cuts follow ‘constant chaos’ of scandals, disasters, enrollment decline Where some see the academic and athletic cuts as a chance to reorient the troubled university, many others in the SSU community fear the blow could cripple an institution without a clear identity.

PD tries to assemble the big picture. What they are missing is that the leadership vacuum has existed for eight years. Sakaki never really came back after her house burned down, and her replacements were just temporary caretakers not tasked with leadership. Ask Long Beach why. #SSU #SonomaState

SSU supporters press trustees of California State system to reverse course on cuts to academics, end of sports Some six dozen faculty members, staff, students, graduates and parents filled the public comment period of the CSU board’s regularly scheduled meeting, pleading with trustees to halt the unprecedented...

“The Sonoma State University community turned out in force during the California State University Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday to push back against a plan to slash $20 million in spending at the Rohnert Park campus…” #SSU #SonomaState

Actions and phone numbers for people to take action to save Sonoma State University.

It took 10 minutes to call these numbers. Mostly, I got to speak to a human. If you want to save #SonomaStateUniversity, please do this. Sorry I don't know who to credit for this image.

JOIN THE GATHERING THU, 1/30 SEAWOLF PLAZA

#SSU #SaveSSU #sonomacounty #CSU #rohnertpark #cotati #sonomastate

Alerting @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and @eleniforca.bsky.social cause it’s happening at “beacon of hope” 5th largest world economy on your watch #savesonomastate #savesonomaseawolves #sonomastate

According to President CUTrer, "Because attendance at the Town Hall...is expected to surpass the capacity of any campus facility, the meeting will instead be held virtually." Surely this is not so. The Green Music Center opens up. They should look us in the eye. #SSU #SonomaState #LookUsInTheEye