The DFA Board wanted to follow-up on the message sent last month regarding changes that UC is making to the way faculty assign patents to UC. Patents are not relevant to a large number of campus disciplines, and so the…
It is time to renew the DFA board. In accordance with DFA bylaws, a nominating committee has selected a slate of candidates to fill DFA board positions as listed below with the following code: C – continuing; R – renewing…
The focus on Wisconsin has prompted or accelerated a number of legislative actions directed at higher education around the country. The editorial pages and blogs are also ripe with oped pieces. A concern is the recent action taken by the…
At a recent meeting of the Davis Faculty Association Board, a number of hard decisions were made about the scope and direction of future activities. This has been a very active year for the DFA as well as the other…
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…
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…
The Daily Californian has an article today by Travis Donselman titled “Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap” The full article is at: An excerpt follows: The amount of the University budget gap is half of the $1 billion or so…
A member mailed us the following article about immediate furloughs and cuts at the University of Illinois. Full article is at: An excerpt follows: …The cuts affect employees on all three Illinois campuses, in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. Ikenberry…
Students, faculty and the UPTE union are organizing a rally at noon on the Quad on the 24th September. If you intend to teach that day, you might want to inform your class of this activity.
