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Charles Schwartz
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

contact by email: schwartz@physics.berkeley.edu

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Critiques of the University

Continuation of the Series: "Financing the University" --
          Part 10 (4/15/07), Part 11 (4/25/07), Part 12 (5/2/07), Part 13 (9/30/07), Part 14 (2/13/08),
          Part 15 (6/26/08), Part 16 (11/4/08), Part 17 (12/15/08), Part 18 (5/21/09), Part 19 (6/23/09)
          Part 20 (9/9/09), Part 21 (1/26/11), Part 22 (2/28/13), Part 23 (3/20/13), Newest: Part 24 (3/29/16)

Continuation of the Series: "What's Happening with the Pension Fund?" --
           Part 25 (7/2/07), Part 26 (2/23/10), Part 27 (8/10/10)

Presentations in the Faculty Seminar on UC's Financial Future (Berkeley, Spring 2010):
       Transparency101 (3/9/10), The Meister Controversy (3/22/10)

A Better Plan, submitted to The UC Commission on the Future (12/3/09)

Seminar on Financial Futures for UC (Fall 2009), ASUC Forum (10/12/09), Forum (10/23/09)

This Remains Unresolved -> MAJOR TOPIC: Cost Accounting at a Research University

Recent Op-Eds:
          Daily Californian (9/7/07), S.F. Chronicle (9/20/07), Rejected (12/07), L.A. Times (5/27/08), Rejected (1/09)
         Chronicle of Higher Education (5/22/09),  The Daily Beast (7/31/09), Minding the Campus (8/9/10)
         Chronicle of Higher Education (2/7/12), Rejected (2/12), Remaking the University (3/15/12),

Secrets of the Regents: The Mercer Affair (3/3/09)

UCB Anthropology 139 Lecture (2/25/010) National Conference of Student Regents and Trustees (4/4/09)

UCRP - Data & Questions (9/30/06), UCRP - Peer Comparisons (1/29/07), UCRP - The Question of Fees (7/9/08)

Performance Reports for UC's External Investment Managers (8/23/06), Update (2/2/07)

Executive Compensation (1992 -> 2/22/06), Statement to the Regents (4/13/06)
OP/ED (unpublished), Letter to the Editor (5/17/06)

Secrets of the Regents (7/17/05), NEW LEGISLATION (introduced 6/06 ...)

The Cost of Undergraduate Education at a Research University (9/11/05) Experts Respond (11/27/05)
Part II (12/18/05), Feedback, Letter to Stanford (3/11/06)
Improved Calculation of the Cost (12/15/07)

Questions about Privatization of UC
a failed initiative before the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate: April 25, 2005

LAWSUIT (4/1/03 to 1/12/04)
a successful action against excessive secrecy in the investment activities of The Regents

Earlier Series:

"What's Happening with the Pension Fund?" --
           Part 1 (10/2/00), Part 2 (10/9/00), Part 3 (10/16/00), Part 4 (10/23/00), Part 5 (10/30/00),
           Part 6 (3/27/01), Part 7 (4/23/01), Part 8 (5/4/01), Part 9 (5/18/01), Part 10 (6/6/01),
           Part 11 (9/28/01), Part 12 (10/18/02), Part 13 (11/4/02), Part 14 (12/18/02), Part 15 (1/26/03),
           Part 16 (1/26/03), Part 17 (2/24/03), Part 18 (5/29/03), Part 19 (10/29/03), Part 20 (2/29/04),
   Part 21 (3/28/04), Part 22 (4/21/04), Part 23 (7/6/04) , Part 24 (10/17/05), continued above ...^
             related materials: Mullinix1 Correction-Part 14 Risk-Adjusted Returns Russ' Whoppers

"Financing the University" --
           Part 1 (3/2/00), Part 2 (4/27/00), Part 3 (7/3/00), Part 4 (8/27/00), Part 5 (11/27/01)
           Part 6 (9/1/03), Part 7 (11/28/04), Part 8 (2/13/05), Part 9 (10/17/05), continued above ... ^
             related Letters, Hershman Letter , Lenz Letter (5/09)