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…
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…
by Lyn Lofland, DFA representative to the Nash Prize Committee I wanted to let you all know that the deadline for RSVPing for the Nash Prize dinner has been extended to this Friday, April 18. Attendance is looking good (nearly…
by Lyn Lofland, DFA Representative to the Charles P. Nash Prize Committee Below is another copy of the invitation to the Nash Prize Dinner on April 28. Please do try to join us. The DFA is an equal partner in…
Students for California’s Future is planning a statewide protest of proposed cuts to education on the morning April 21. Locally, this will include a 9 am march from Raley field in West Sacramento to the steps of the Capitol where…
by Joe Kiskis, CUCFA Vice President for External Relations On April 7th CUCFA officers, including Eric Hays, Joe Kiskis and Ian Kennedy of the DFA, spent a day personally delivering a faculty perspective on the higher education budget to the…
Another interesting article about new UC President Mark Yudof appeared in Inside Higher Ed.
by Ian Kennedy The DFA is concerned about the procedures that were used for the recent selection of a new Provost and has composed the following statement that was sent to Dateline, to the Academic Senate leadership, and in modified…
by Ian Kennedy A sharp-eyed DFA member spotted the following quote from Larry Vanderheof in The California Aggie of Wednesday April 2. With regard to our new President, Mark Yudof, Vanderhoef observed: “He comes from a system office at the…
