Incoming Cal State Chancellor Seeks Pay Cut

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."