Student Power

The trustees of the California State University and Colleges system can’t decide whether to throw yet another lead lifesaver to sinking educational standards: inclusion of students on personnel committees that evaluate faculty for promotion and tenure.

The trustees recently voted to do just that, and then in a surprise move reversed themselves by a vote of ten to nine. But students in the 19-campus system promise to renew their lobbying efforts, and passage of the measure may yet prevail, as it has at so many other institutions.

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Ivan Goldman

The trustees of the California State University and Colleges system can’t decide whether to throw yet another lead lifesaver to sinking educational standards: inclusion of students on personnel committees that evaluate faculty for promotion and tenure.

The trustees recently voted to do just that, and then in a surprise move reversed themselves by a vote of ten to nine. But students in the 19-campus system promise to renew their lobbying efforts, and passage of the measure may yet prevail, as it has at so many other institutions.