During his time as CSU's chancellor there were substantial student fee hikes, enrollment reduction, and phasing out of affirmative action. Allegations of corporatizing the CSU campuses are based, in part, on deals with high-tech companies to provide money or technology to the university in exchange for product monopoly or property rights on the campuses. GTE, Hughes Communication, Fijitsu, and Microsoft were some of the companies involved with these unprecedented corporate/CSU deals. Strong opposition by the California Faculty Association took some of the support from this policy.
It will be wise to keep a close eye on the governor's appointments which are made at the recommendation of Barry Munitz, and on the course a governor who would seek his counsel will chart.
Material for this article is excerpted from the Sonoma County Independent, Vol. 29, No. 29, Dec. 10-16, 1998; "To The Maxx by Cecily Barnes."
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