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2017 freshman class has more students than expected
Cal Poly will admit 1,000 fewer students next year, Armstrong said.
CLA Dean Doug Epperson to retire
Dean Doug Epperson will retire as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the end of the 2017-2018 year.
Administrator raises not permitted by state law; CSU proceeds with auditor recommendations
According to state regulations, these administrator salary increases violated state law as they were not supported by merit-based evaluations.
How high tech industry salaries affect computer science department
While Cal Poly mandates that students choose their major before coming to school to give them a head start, that system hasn’t benefited computer science senior Darryl Vo. In order to get classes in the computer science department, crashing was…
Cal Poly Graduation Initiative Team proposes plan to increase four-year graduation rates
The team’s goals are: improving support, removing graduation barriers, improving campus community, eliminating achievement gaps and using data in administration.
CSU Audit shows unjustified wages and hirings in administration
A new California State University (CSU) audit shows Cal Poly disproportionately increased the number of administrators and their wages compared to faculty without justification. Eighty-three administrators and management personnel were hired in the past eight years without adequate justification, according…
Graduation rates continue to increase
Cal Poly’s four-year graduation rate increased during the past 20 years to 47 percent, making it the highest in the college’s history, according to the digital archives and the Cal Poly Fact Book. Five-year graduation rates also increased by 40…
Cal Poly Digital Democracy project holds government officials accountable
Digital Democracy, a Cal Poly-based open government project, begins its second legislative session with new tools and a third state to serve. The project’s employees take videos of hearings and committees posted by the state government and automatically generate a…
Tenure density continues to decrease as state funding drops
Many Cal Poly professors are leaders in their fields. They are developing technology used by Boeing, finding planets that defy gravitational laws and creating open government databases to bring state government back to the people. They carry out these projects…
Otto-Mated: Students create exhibition in German museum
Deutsches Museum in Germany is 66,000 square meters and contains 28,000 exhibited items. A team of four Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors is adding one more item to that list for the museum’s 1.5 million yearly visitors to see —…