By Cal State Long Beach could learn who its new president is as early as tomorrow, Cal State University spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said.
“We could have an announcement,” he said.
Naming the next CSULB president could take place sometime when the Board of Trustees meeting is held.
The first CSU Board of Trustees meeting of 2014 will take place today and tomorrow in downtown Long Beach, with Chancellor White set to make a State of the CSU address.
“I think, it’s where [White] will take the opportunity to share his vision of where the CSU is headed,” Uhlenkamp said of the address. “[He will] discuss initiatives that should be tackled in 2014-15.”
According to the CSU website, all but one of the committees will be held in closed session. An open session for the Committee on Collective Bargaining will begin at 4:30 p.m.
According to the BOT agenda, the Committee on Educational Policy is expected to provide updates on reducing bottleneck courses, which are classes that are needed for graduation but are often filled before a student can take enroll.
The BOT agenda also said that eight eAcademies, course development programs that use both in-person meetings and online activities, have brought 169 CSU faculty members from 22 CSU campuses together to share information on how student success can be improved.
The Committee on Finance will also discuss a proposed change to how Cal Grant eligibility is defined as part of the Gov. Jerry Brown’s grant.
Currently, the law states that CSU students lose Cal Grant eligibility if their family’s income goes above a certain level, according to the BOT agenda.
Brown’s proposed budget could change this by allowing a CSU student to re-apply for a Cal Grant if their family’s income dips down below the specified income threshold.
The governor’s budget also presumes that tuition will not rise through 2014-2015. It also includes a plan to rearrange CSU debt and enable the CSU to commit $15 million annually to infrastructure and maintenance costs, according to the BOT agenda.
