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…
Year 2008
Higher education leaders visit lawmakers to protest proposed budget cuts; cite devastating consequences for California
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…
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…
One final note re the Nash Prize dinner
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…