How do they sleep at night?

The Cal State system is at its absolute worst. With tuition rates raising each quarter, semester, and year students are forced to make some tough decisions. They either have to drop out or take out more student loans than they can afford. The most unfortunate part of it all is that Cal state administrators are making a “cushy” six figure salary. To be honest the pay isn’t what really upsets me it’s all of the little extras they are getting on top of a very generous income. According to an article published in the Orange County Register the new president of Cal State Fullerton will receive, on top of her $324,500 a year annual salary, an auto allowance of $12,000. Another Cal State President will receive a $303,660 annual salary with a $60,000 housing allowance and a $12,000 auto allowance.

Something doesn’t seem right here… With the newly proposed tax cuts, Cal State students are being told that tuition is being raised, class sizes will get larger, and classes will be cut. For someone to be so dedicated on helping students further their education and strive to make their goals a reality they sure don’t mind making it financially impossible for us to do so. Seriously, how do they sleep at night? "While we understand the administration has limited options, higher education is the state's main economic driver, and we cannot improve our economy without an educated workforce," said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. on calstate.edu. Excuse me Chancellor but you won’t have an educated workforce if you keep raising tuition and keep approving salary increases for Cal State Presidents. Maybe instead of asking the students to pay more, ask the administrators to give up their housing allowances or car allowances, or maybe, just maybe, NOT take a salary increase but do the right thing and say instead of taking my 10% increase I am going to put the money back into the school and keep more professors. Ranting aside, I am proud to be a Cal State student I just wish they would trim the so called “fat” from the top then squeeze it from the bottom.