Richard Blum

Occupying Our Education

Annie Shattuck | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Public University Tuition Increases, Bank of America Sit-In, UC Regents, Occupy Wall Street, Tuition Fees, UC Tuition Increases, College Tuition, Monica Lozano, Richard Blum, Tuition Increase, San Francisco News
Annie Shattuck

Our public university system is being systematically privatized, making it harder and harder for students from working class families to access higher education.

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Sir Edmund Hillary Built His First Sherpa School 50 Years Ago; Now There Are 63

James M. Clash | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Nepal, Everest, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, India, Jim Clash, US Senator Diane Feinstein, Khumjung School, American Himalayan Foundation, Himalayan Trust, Richard Blum, Darjeeling, Sherpas, New Zealand, Sears, Adventure, Mountain Climbing, Philanthropy, Travel News
James M. Clash

This week not only marks the 58th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's first ascent of Everest, but the 50th anniversary of the Khumjung School, the first of many educational institutions Hillary built for the Sherpa people.

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Saving the University

Robin Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Language, Mark Yudof, University of California, Tuition Increases, California Financial Crisis, Dianne Feinstein, College Tuition, Richard Blum, Los Angeles News
Robin Lakoff

Recent budget cuts threaten a severe diminution of the status of the University of California, long considered the nation's -- perhaps the world's -- premier research university.

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UC System Hit Hardest When We Need It Most

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soviets, Ca-Budget-Crisis, Andrea-Chalupa, WalletPop.Com, UC Regents, 55 Nobel Prize Winners, UC Cuts, Mark Yudof, Rosetta Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, UC Alumni, Richard Blum, California Brain Drain, UC San Diego, Russell Gould, Sherry Lansing, $26 Billion Budget Deficit, Ca Budget Crisis, UC System, Rosetta-Stone, UC Davis, Andrea Chalupa, Politics News
Andrea Chalupa

Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking an ax to one of the most prestigious public education institutions in the world.

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