Year 2008

A colleague with a penchant for irony has made the following observation Begin forwarded message: Fiat Lux, Latin for “Let there be light,” is the motto of the University of California. From UC Davis Dateline, May 29 2008: Chancellor Larry…

by Ian Kennedy We are inclined to lay all blame for the travails of UC at the door of the President or doors of the Chancellors. There is, however, another authority that shares some culpability for the ills that beset…

by Ian Kennedy UCOP, the Office of the President, does not always arouse great sympathy with the faculty. For many of us, they have exhibited an absolutely tone-deaf political ear and they have not served the interests of the University…

by Ian Kennedy On Sunday, the Davis Enterprise ran an op-ed piece on the CUCFA “Restore the Promise” statement. It is attached [PDF].

by Ian Kennedy The current AAUP assessment of the state of the profession includes the attached [TIF] information about changes in salaries for administrators and full professors. We are in Category I. Presidents are the column on the left of…

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”…

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…

Ian Kennedy has asked that I forward this press release to the members of the DFA. This press release originated at: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 28, 2008 CCC contact: Tod Burnett (916) 445-4434, mobile: (916) 955-8655, tburnett@cccco.edu CSU…

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”…