UC is conducting a search for a new President to replace Janet Napolitano. The Davis Faculty Association has been working actively to ensure both an open search process and candidate commitment to shared governance and to renewed state funding for…
As you probably are aware, President Napolitano is stepping down in Summer 2020, and the Regents have initiated a search for her replacement. Increasingly, such searches for leadership positions at the nation’s public universities are being conducted by private “headhunter…
Attacks on faculty free speech and academic freedom are at an unprecedented high. Come join your colleagues and discuss how to protect our academic freedom at an afternoon dedicated to “Knowledge, Power, and the Future of Academic Freedom,” Thursday, April…
In a repeat of the strike this past fall, the 14,000 research, technical and health-care professionals represented by UPTE-CWA, have announced a strike for March 20. The 25,000 members of AFSCME 3299’s patient-care unit, who are also negotiating a contract…
The Davis Faculty Association, Davis Division of the Academic Senate, the Academic Federation and the Nash family invite nominations of candidates for The Charles P. Nash Prize for the academic year 2018-2019. The annual Charles P. Nash Prize is designed…
UC librarians have been working without a contract since October 1. Their first bargaining session of the new year will be held on the UC Davis campus tomorrow. UC-AFT, the union that represents UC’s non-senate faculty and librarians, have asked…
The 15,000 members of AFSCME 3299’s patient-care unit, plus 9,000 from AFSCME’s service unit and 15,000 research, technical and health-care professionals represented by UPTE-CWA, have announced a strike for October 23 through 25. According to the Sacramento Bee, “Both AFSCME…
With the start of a new academic year, it seems like a good time to introduce ourselves to new faculty (and perhaps reintroduce ourselves to continuing faculty): As many of you know, we are an association of faculty independent of…
As co-chairs of the Davis Faculty Association, we felt the post below, from Michael Meranze at “Remaking the University,” was worth bringing to your attention. – Richard Scalettar and Jesse Drew. As part of their negotiations with the university, UC…
