As of the 2023 Spring semester, The California State University, East Bay’s STEM Lab laid off 25 of its workers — a 40% reduction in staff size — and removed a few previously offered subjects. Student, Learning Assistant, and STEM lab worker Kevin Conn expressed his views on the matter, stating, “They don’t value us as they would [value] a ‘non-student’ faculty member.” Students and faculty members at the lab felt blindsided by the sudden budget cuts. “[The Deans of the College of Science] promised to be transparent with us on whether or not we got grants to fund sections…. someone found out and told the rest of us, but I was under the impression that it was going to be open communication,” Conn commented.
