startupbug.com - How the Campuses Helped Ruin California's Economy http://www.startupbug.com/startup-news-and-stories/how-the-campuses-helped-ruin-californias-economy/ All across the country there were demonstrations on March 4 by students (and some faculty) against cuts in higher education funding, but inevitably attention focused on California, where the modern genre originated in 1964. I joined the University of California faculty in 1966 and so have watched a good many of them, but have never seen one less impressive that this year's. In 1964 there was focus... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:22:42 CST en