Year 1999

Copyrighting your course materials

As an Academic Senate member, you probably received a recent memo signed by Jeffery Gibeling (UCD Academic Senate Chair) and Janet Hamilton (Vice Chancellor – Administration). This memo, dated November 19 and labeled as Directive #99-134, suggests that as “an…

Lecture Ownership-Student Notes

Most UCD faculty members go to a great effort to create their lecture materials and feel a strong sense of ownership in them. Student take notes at lectures and the internet has created a new market for the distribution of…

UC Ponders Professorial Salary Differences

Faculty salaries at UC campuses vary significantly, according to information being examined by systemwide UC Academic Senate Executive Councils. Concern was precipitated when the 23 April 1999 Chronicle of Higher Education reported average annual faculty salaries (Table) based on the…

DFA Criticizes Proposed Copyright Policy

by Ben McCoy The Universitywide Task Force on Copyright, headed by UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor R. Tanner, issued its Draft Report and Recommendations for review in September, 1998.  A quick reading of the Tanner report seemed to promise that US…

DFA Board Elections

by Myrna Hays A nominating committee consisting of Alan Jackman (Chem. Engr.), Kathryn Radke (Animal Science), and David Robertson (English) has proposed  candidates to fill DFA Board positions as listed below (with the following code R – re-elect; C –…

Parking Fees Update

by Ben McCoy The Representative Assembly on April 23 approved the Faculty Welfare Committee’s recommendation to form a Special Committee on Parking Issues. Concern has grown since a 1997 long range plan revealed that “A” parking sticker costs could increase…

Year-Round Operations

by Peter Hays As a way of increasing capacity at UC and CSU without having to construct new campuses or new buildings at existing campuses in the near term, a bill ( AB 126) asks CSU and UC to increase…

UC Budget Update

by Myrna Hays Background: When we reported on the threat to faculty salaries posed by the Governor’s 1999-2000 budget, which included a reduction of $51M from UC’s base budget and discontinuation of the $70M of one-time funding available in the…