Survey of Deans
(The DFA is no longer collecting responses in our survey of Deans.) We encourage you to send the above link to all your colleagues in your department, and to other colleagues who may not be DFA members. Our opinions will…
Year 2010
BFA Response to UCOF Proposal for a Cyber Campus
DFA chair Ian Kennedy asked that I forward on to the members of the DFA the following, a response by the Berkeley chapter Faculty Association to certain proposals made by the UC Commission on the Future, especially as seen in…
The Daily Californian: Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap
The Daily Californian has an article today by Travis Donselman titled “Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap” The full article is at: An excerpt follows: The amount of the University budget gap is half of the $1 billion or so…
Professors in Texas Protest Law That Requires Them to Post Teaching Details Online
Article excerpt: Faculty members and administrators in Texas are speaking out about a recent state law that requires them to post specific, detailed information about their classroom assignments, curricula vitae, department budgets, and the results of student evaluations. A conservative…
News item regarding administrative cuts at UNC
A DFA member came across these news items about efforts by Erskine Bowles at UNC to rein in administrative bloat. Our member thought that our Chancellor might also be interested in this issue so we are forwarding the email to…
Response to Sacramento Bee article
On Saturday, 17 April, the Sacramento Bee published an Op Ed piece by a UC Santa Barbara freshman who essentially accused UC faculty of being greedy hypocrites. Among other things, Mr. Schneider wrote that: “Though the path to full…