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…