The post-employment task force has released its report and it is available online at: UC President Yudof distributed a letter about the report in advance of its release. Here is an excerpt: “The first issue to be addressed concerns…
It has been another busy year for the Davis Faculty Association and our affiliate CUCFA (Council of UC Faculty Associations). In recent years we have made an effort to communicate with our members more frequently. Toward that end, we rebuilt…
UCB FA chair Wendy Brown and other Berkeley faculty had an op-ed published in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle about the cyber campus proposal to be discussed at today’s UC Regents’ meeting. An excerpt: “Most of the discussion about online education…
A New York times article last week discusses trends in higher education funding and in spending priorities. Here is an excerpt: “On average, spending on instruction increased 22 percent over the decade at private research universities, about the same as…
Our Chancellor was quoted in the May 31 issue of Chemical & Engineering News magazine of the American Chemical Society: “To illustrate the growing divide between what the government provides and what the public wants and thinks it should pay…
There was an interesting article in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle about UC’s losses to indirect costs. Glossed over in the article is the importance of research to the reputation of UC’s faculty and thus the institution itself, or the important…
The Davis Faculty Association conducted a survey asking faculty to rate their deans. The survey ran from May 17 until June 4 and we had 87 respondents during that time. In summary, a majority of the faculty were satisfied with…
It is time to renew the DFA board. In accordance with DFA bylaws, a nominating committee has selected the following slate of candidates to fill DFA board positions as listed below with the following code (C – continuing; N –…
It has become a tradition in recent years for the members of the DFA to get together over beers towards the end of each year to discuss the faculty issues of the day. This year we’re going to give Bistro…
