Month April 2008

DFA news item

by Ian Kennedy Spotted by a DFA member, on pages A11 and A13 of the NY Times April 28, two FULL page ads from UCLA ACCESS OR EXCELLENCE “Everyone has a shot at UCLA. Everyone. Not a guarantee; a shot”…

From AAUP – UC Irvine case

One of our members spotted the following issue in the AAUP news at On March 17, 2008, the AAUP and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression filed a jointly-authored amicus brief in the U.S. Court…

Governors letter to Regents chair

by Ian Kennedy The following message came to the Council of UC Faculty Associations from Stan Glantz, VP for CUCFA. It reports communications between Schwarzenegger and Regents Chair Blum, with Stan’s fulsome commentary. Begin forwarded message: From: “Glantz, Stanton A”…

More info on Chancellor meeting

Some members have asked for more details about the Chancellor’s response to our meeting on Monday. There is little to report, as you might expect, other than recognition on his part that mistakes were made and that he would have…

DFA’s meeting with the Chancellor

The Chair of the DFA, Ian Kennedy, and Board member Lyn Lofland, met with the Chancellor – at his request – to discuss shared governance and the Provost search in particular. We offered our opinion of the recent Provost search…

One final note re the Nash Prize dinner

by Lyn Lofland, DFA representative to the Nash Prize Committee I wanted to let you all know that the deadline for RSVPing for the Nash Prize dinner has been extended to this Friday, April 18.  Attendance is looking good (nearly…

Nash Prize Dinner RSVP Deadline Reminder

by Lyn Lofland, DFA Representative to the Charles P. Nash Prize Committee Below is another copy of the invitation to the Nash Prize Dinner on April 28.  Please do try to join us.   The DFA is an equal partner in…

April 21 March for Education

Students for California’s Future is planning a statewide protest of proposed cuts to education on the morning April 21. Locally, this will include a 9 am march from Raley field in West Sacramento to the steps of the Capitol where…