Maxson's budget sees more money for CSUs

By Martha Guzman, Forty-Niner Online
Sept. 18, 1995

Cal State Long Beach President Robert Maxson has released a 1995-96 budget that includes a pay raise for faculty and staff.

Unlike previous years, this year's budget was not cut. As a result, there are sufficient funds that will be allocated toward a 2.5 percent salary increase for faculty and staff on campus, Maxson stated in his report.

Funding for student services will also receive a share of this year's budget.

After a long battle in Sacramento, Gov. Pete Wilson signed the 1995-96 state budget on Aug. 3. The $58.9 billion final budget calls for more educational support.

The highest priority of the budget will be given to public schools, with a moderate increase in funding to state universities.

Funding for student recruitment to CSULB will also be allocated, at a time when student demand is increasing on campus and when a long-awaited enrollment growth is expected to occur.

It is due to this anticipated enrollment increase that $95,000 will be used for recruiting some of the most academically-achieved high school graduates into CSULB. CSULB will also allocate $60,000 to advancing CSULB's academic image and reputation, the report said. Maxson said this will be achieved by utilizing a weekly cable show that would highlight campus programs and profile faculty.

The use of electronic media and new radio and television public service announcements will be included in the amount given to promoting the campus, Maxson stated in the report.

"Since Pete Wilson has made a commitment to provide budget increases to the CSU over the next four years, we're hoping to see a continued positive trend in the system," said Armando Contreras, executive assistant to Maxson.