CSU Watchhttps://csuwatch.com/An independent, document-first record of the California State University by Thomas J. Norman, Ph.D.en-us Twenty years of CSU pay records show who gained and who paidhttps://csuwatch.com/compensation/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTFour findings: after inflation faculty pay is down 11% and the chancellor's up 23%; managers +10% vs. faculty −2%; tuition +171% vs. faculty raises +52%. Three questions for the trusteeshttps://csuwatch.com/trustees/testimony/https://csuwatch.com/trustees/testimony/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMTFaculty pay after inflation, management growth under HR Letter 2018-04, and how executive pay is funded, with ready-to-read public comment for the November 17–18 meeting. After inflation, faculty pay is down 11%. The chancellor's is up 23%.https://csuwatch.com/compensation/real-wages/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/real-wages/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMTTwenty fiscal years deflated by the California CPI. Managers keep growing. Faculty don't.https://csuwatch.com/budget/management-vs-faculty/https://csuwatch.com/budget/management-vs-faculty/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMTCSU Employee Profiles and the 2017 State Auditor report, fall 2018 to fall 2025. What students pay at CSUDHhttps://csuwatch.com/students/cost/https://csuwatch.com/students/cost/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMTCampus fees, tuition, and housing, 2009–10 to 2026–27. Faculty share of the CSU budgethttps://csuwatch.com/budget/faculty-share/https://csuwatch.com/budget/faculty-share/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTAbout 23 cents of each core dollar goes to faculty salaries. Tuition rose 171%. Faculty raises added 52%.https://csuwatch.com/tuition/https://csuwatch.com/tuition/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMTCSU resident undergraduate tuition against the faculty salary schedule and the chancellor's pay, 2006–07 to 2026–27. The chancellor's raise alone is worth more than three faculty salarieshttps://csuwatch.com/compensation/chancellor-vs-faculty/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/chancellor-vs-faculty/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMTChancellor base salary vs. a GSI-only assistant professor, year by year. CSU Eliminated Remedial Prerequisites, Not Remediationhttps://csuwatch.com/articles/remedial-prerequisites-not-remediation/https://csuwatch.com/articles/remedial-prerequisites-not-remediation/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMTArticle No. 3: EO 1110 ended the stand-alone developmental course; one in three first-year students is still placed in math with support, and the CSU's own reports show how far behind they remain. Academic preparation after EO 1110: three graphs from the CSU's own reportshttps://csuwatch.com/academic-preparation/https://csuwatch.com/academic-preparation/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTBefore and after EO 1110, Category II versus IV across five cohorts, and Dominguez Hills against Long Beach. Twenty years of the CSU faculty salary schedule, interactivehttps://csuwatch.com/compensation/faculty-salary-tool/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/faculty-salary-tool/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMTAssistant Professor and Lecturer ranges at every schedule since 2005, with contract raises compounded against U.S. and California inflation. Who was in the room, 2016 to 2026: ten years of appointed-trustee attendancehttps://csuwatch.com/trustees/attendance-2016-2026/https://csuwatch.com/trustees/attendance-2016-2026/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMTOne color-coded square per trustee per Board meeting, from the approved minutes. The Contract Says Segal Delivers an Editable Model. CSU Says It Has No Further Records.https://csuwatch.com/articles/segal-contract-deliverables/https://csuwatch.com/articles/segal-contract-deliverables/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMTArticle No. 2: a Public Records Act request, a $1.1 million contract amendment, and the gap between what the CSU bought and what it says it holds. Chancellor and vice chancellor compensation decisions, 2006 to 2026https://csuwatch.com/compensation/chancellor/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/chancellor/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMTThe chancellor's base salary at each Board decision from Reed to García, with a chart of the increase, and the vice chancellor actions. Campus president compensation decisions, 2006 to 2026https://csuwatch.com/compensation/presidents/https://csuwatch.com/compensation/presidents/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMTTwenty years of Board actions on president pay, year by year, with the policy in force at each step. Who was in the room: CSU Board of Trustees attendance, November 2024 to July 2026https://csuwatch.com/trustees/attendance/https://csuwatch.com/trustees/attendance/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMTAttendance at 22 plenary days from the approved minutes, with links to every meeting. CSU Says Faculty Pay Is Competitive. The Public Still Cannot Audit the Model.https://csuwatch.com/articles/segal-faculty-pay-audit/https://csuwatch.com/articles/segal-faculty-pay-audit/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTArticle No. 1: the August 2026 Segal report offers useful findings; its missing work papers create the larger transparency question. A CSU Trustee Access and Public Accountability Standardhttps://csuwatch.com/proposals/trustee-access-standard/https://csuwatch.com/proposals/trustee-access-standard/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTNine measures to strengthen direct public, student, and faculty access to the Board of Trustees. CSU construction-cost comparison workbook, version 0.1https://csuwatch.com/workbook/https://csuwatch.com/workbook/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTA question-finding spreadsheet for Board binders: cost per GSF, implied GSF, change orders, and a source register.