The Legislative Analyst’s Office is recommending that the legislature cut $300 million from the Governor’s budget’s proposed augmentations to the state’s universities. The LAO proposes providing UC funding equal to the 2007-08 budget, adjusted for enrollment. The LAO’s full report…
“The finances of the University of California will finally be examined by the state auditor as a result of an official request by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo). After several improprieties and poor decision-making by UC executives, the Joint…
CUCFA and other UC organizations are gearing up for the spring legislative budgeting session. As a first step toward the March 4th day of action, the UCSC FA is collecting signatures of supportive faculty from all campuses at the Checking…
There have been several articles of likely interest to DFA members recently. First, Ian Kennedy points out an article in the Los Angeles Times about proposals to change how tenure is awarded. Here is an excerpt: “The leader of the…
An interesting article by Bob Samuels is at: A taste: “To understand how both public and private research universities have gotten themselves into this mess, one needs to understand five inter-related factors: the state de-funding of public education, the…
