Timothy P. White, who will become chancellor of the California State University System at the end of the year, has asked for and received a cut in pay. White was to have been paid $421,500 from state funds plus $30,000 from the CSU Foundation (the same compensation as received by the outgoing chancellor, Charles Reed). But the state portion of White's salary will now be cut to $380,000. "[A]s I join the faculty, staff and students who have experienced cuts, salary freezes, and increased fees, I too must do my part," White said in a statement. "This is the basis of my request to reduce my own compensation to contribute to the rebuilding of this great university."