GWOT IV - The California University NI
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drewkittyGWOT IV - The California University
From: GovCal
To: all employees and associates of the University of California, California State University, UC and CSU Extension, the California Polytechnics, other higher educational facilites public and private, and all community colleges and adult libraries as applicable
Subject: the emergency operations of the California University
As acting emergency governor of the State of California in rebellion, in accordance with my authority under the California State Constitution and applicable state laws, I hereby order:
- The University of California is dissolved.
- The California State University (CSU) is dissolved.
- All private universities, with one exception, are dissolved and hereby nationalized. Their employees may become State employees or go do something else, per below.
- All public universities and associated educational and research facilities formerly under United States Government (hostile) control (example: "National Laboratories"), are dissolved.
- Minor regulatory agencies such as the Department of Post Secondary and Vocational Education, the Department of Consumer Affairs, professional regulatory agencies such as the Board of Medicine, etc are dissolved with their functions transferred as programs to the CU. This does NOT include CAL-OSHA.
These entities are merged henceforth into the California University. The governing body of the CU shall be the survivors of the Boards of Regents of the UC and CSU. All of these employees shall become State employees who take oath to California in the manner prescribed by law for disaster service workers. Any person who cannot so swear, for example by retaining loyalty to the United States, is immediately dismissed without severance or benefit.
The mission of the California University is the same as the mission of every California soldier, civilian employee and volunteer as outlined in previous orders. The direct preservation of human life, the protection of valuable public and private properties, and the protection of the natural environment.
The California University therefore will be reorganized around the immediate post-rebellion needs of the People of the State of California.
Each surviving campus will organize itself around the following basic principles:
The primary purpose of the CU is to serve as an emergency teaching university. All education is to be practical, action focused and technically driven. Vocational certificates and licenses are much more important than degrees. Time is of the essence.
I have identified the following professional educations as emergency priority: medical doctor, nurse, the allied health professions, agronomist, large animal veternarian, military and naval officer, civil and structural and materials engineering, aerospace, computer sciences, manufacturing, operations management, teaching. Programs teaching these subjects shall have priority over other subjects. This list is subject to change.
Whenever possible, education and programs will incorporate public service and direct public benefit. Medical internships in the Medical Cities, agronomy projects on or off campus that feed the poor and teach new farmers, engineering projects that actually build bridges, aerospace work on live projects, etc.
All campuses shall conduct military officer education. The campus heads of military educational programs must hold the Governor's Commission in the Military Department, ranks and details of organization to be determined administratively by the Commanding General and delegates, and thereby hold military authority over these programs. Subordinate instructors and staff need not be members of the Military Department.
The California University may not confer any academic degree unless the holder has completed one year of military-related education and has sworn oath to serve at need as a military reserve officer, or equivalent such as Red Lion or medical service. Recall that all doctors and nurses, and some auxiliary medical personnel in the service of this State, civilian and military, outside of the Red Lion humanitarian organization are sworn to the Surgeon General. Licensed and qualified workers may work without an academic degree, but anyone who holds an academic degree must be so sworn. "To earn peace we must study war."
The secondary purpose of the CU is to preserve and protect human knowledge, including existing archives and institutions, and convey that knowledge through teaching and research ON A SPACE AND TIME AVAILABLE BASIS. The preservation of unique and endangered knowledge, and knowledge of practical value such as pre-Firecracker ownership records, shall be a higher priority than duplicating knowledge that is not in peril.
I have been reluctantly persuaded that it would do more harm than good to put the CU under direct control of the California Military Department. I remind you that the display of symbols of the United States is strictly prohibited in State facilities, as is the advocacy of pro-American politics or contacts or cooperation with the United States, or acceptance of funds from the USA. Actual rebellion will not be tolerated within the CU any more than within the Medical Cities, the Military Department or any other State civilian or military program. If any or all of these things occur, I am likely to revisit the decision to leave some or all of the CU under civilian control.
Three special notes:
In recognition of its extraordinary services to the people of the State of California and to the survivors of murdered San Francisco, the Stanford University shall enjoy the only charter as a licensed private university in California. This is a license, subject to audit and control to substantially comply with the non-American requirements above.
The former UC San Francisco, San Francisco State and educational facilities within the San Francisco area are to instead prioritize the preservation of knowledge about the Firecracker War, the thermonuclear destruction of San Francisco, the rescue and recovery operations during the Homeland Era, and their continuation and support under California State oversight to the present day. The formation of museums and the tasteful and appropriate display of American symbols in this regard is permitted.
The California Institute of Technology ("Cal Tech") has the permission of this office to cooperate with the United States for the purpose of preserving the functionality of deep space programs such as the Voyager, New Horizons and Mars rovers, in the service of general human knowledge and the hopes of an eventual peace.
Special relationships:
The CU shall also take the lead in developing supports for the restoration of the K-12 educational system, the community college and the adult library systems of California, which have been at best neglected and often actively destroyed by the events of the Firecracker War and attempted Homeland occupation. The schools and colleges and libraries must take up their own burdens, but the CU will assist and set standards for performance, content and online education.
It is forbidden to purchase textbooks from outside California. It is inappropriate to use pre-War textbooks without supplements explaining the interaction between recent and current events. The intent is that the CU develops curricula for pursuit of knowledge and practical skills, which will then be generally and publicly available at minimal or even no cost within California, and at market prices outside California.
To summarize: the California University is to conventional universities what military music is to music.
Our people are suffering.
Get to work.
From: GovCal
To: all employees and associates of the University of California, California State University, UC and CSU Extension, the California Polytechnics, other higher educational facilites public and private, and all community colleges and adult libraries as applicable
Subject: the emergency operations of the California University
As acting emergency governor of the State of California in rebellion, in accordance with my authority under the California State Constitution and applicable state laws, I hereby order:
- The University of California is dissolved.
- The California State University (CSU) is dissolved.
- All private universities, with one exception, are dissolved and hereby nationalized. Their employees may become State employees or go do something else, per below.
- All public universities and associated educational and research facilities formerly under United States Government (hostile) control (example: "National Laboratories"), are dissolved.
- Minor regulatory agencies such as the Department of Post Secondary and Vocational Education, the Department of Consumer Affairs, professional regulatory agencies such as the Board of Medicine, etc are dissolved with their functions transferred as programs to the CU. This does NOT include CAL-OSHA.
These entities are merged henceforth into the California University. The governing body of the CU shall be the survivors of the Boards of Regents of the UC and CSU. All of these employees shall become State employees who take oath to California in the manner prescribed by law for disaster service workers. Any person who cannot so swear, for example by retaining loyalty to the United States, is immediately dismissed without severance or benefit.
The mission of the California University is the same as the mission of every California soldier, civilian employee and volunteer as outlined in previous orders. The direct preservation of human life, the protection of valuable public and private properties, and the protection of the natural environment.
The California University therefore will be reorganized around the immediate post-rebellion needs of the People of the State of California.
Each surviving campus will organize itself around the following basic principles:
The primary purpose of the CU is to serve as an emergency teaching university. All education is to be practical, action focused and technically driven. Vocational certificates and licenses are much more important than degrees. Time is of the essence.
I have identified the following professional educations as emergency priority: medical doctor, nurse, the allied health professions, agronomist, large animal veternarian, military and naval officer, civil and structural and materials engineering, aerospace, computer sciences, manufacturing, operations management, teaching. Programs teaching these subjects shall have priority over other subjects. This list is subject to change.
Whenever possible, education and programs will incorporate public service and direct public benefit. Medical internships in the Medical Cities, agronomy projects on or off campus that feed the poor and teach new farmers, engineering projects that actually build bridges, aerospace work on live projects, etc.
All campuses shall conduct military officer education. The campus heads of military educational programs must hold the Governor's Commission in the Military Department, ranks and details of organization to be determined administratively by the Commanding General and delegates, and thereby hold military authority over these programs. Subordinate instructors and staff need not be members of the Military Department.
The California University may not confer any academic degree unless the holder has completed one year of military-related education and has sworn oath to serve at need as a military reserve officer, or equivalent such as Red Lion or medical service. Recall that all doctors and nurses, and some auxiliary medical personnel in the service of this State, civilian and military, outside of the Red Lion humanitarian organization are sworn to the Surgeon General. Licensed and qualified workers may work without an academic degree, but anyone who holds an academic degree must be so sworn. "To earn peace we must study war."
The secondary purpose of the CU is to preserve and protect human knowledge, including existing archives and institutions, and convey that knowledge through teaching and research ON A SPACE AND TIME AVAILABLE BASIS. The preservation of unique and endangered knowledge, and knowledge of practical value such as pre-Firecracker ownership records, shall be a higher priority than duplicating knowledge that is not in peril.
I have been reluctantly persuaded that it would do more harm than good to put the CU under direct control of the California Military Department. I remind you that the display of symbols of the United States is strictly prohibited in State facilities, as is the advocacy of pro-American politics or contacts or cooperation with the United States, or acceptance of funds from the USA. Actual rebellion will not be tolerated within the CU any more than within the Medical Cities, the Military Department or any other State civilian or military program. If any or all of these things occur, I am likely to revisit the decision to leave some or all of the CU under civilian control.
Three special notes:
In recognition of its extraordinary services to the people of the State of California and to the survivors of murdered San Francisco, the Stanford University shall enjoy the only charter as a licensed private university in California. This is a license, subject to audit and control to substantially comply with the non-American requirements above.
The former UC San Francisco, San Francisco State and educational facilities within the San Francisco area are to instead prioritize the preservation of knowledge about the Firecracker War, the thermonuclear destruction of San Francisco, the rescue and recovery operations during the Homeland Era, and their continuation and support under California State oversight to the present day. The formation of museums and the tasteful and appropriate display of American symbols in this regard is permitted.
The California Institute of Technology ("Cal Tech") has the permission of this office to cooperate with the United States for the purpose of preserving the functionality of deep space programs such as the Voyager, New Horizons and Mars rovers, in the service of general human knowledge and the hopes of an eventual peace.
Special relationships:
The CU shall also take the lead in developing supports for the restoration of the K-12 educational system, the community college and the adult library systems of California, which have been at best neglected and often actively destroyed by the events of the Firecracker War and attempted Homeland occupation. The schools and colleges and libraries must take up their own burdens, but the CU will assist and set standards for performance, content and online education.
It is forbidden to purchase textbooks from outside California. It is inappropriate to use pre-War textbooks without supplements explaining the interaction between recent and current events. The intent is that the CU develops curricula for pursuit of knowledge and practical skills, which will then be generally and publicly available at minimal or even no cost within California, and at market prices outside California.
To summarize: the California University is to conventional universities what military music is to music.
Our people are suffering.
Get to work.
