Provost Hexter and Vice Chancellor Meyer responded to DFA Chair Shershow’s letter to them regarding their message to the UC Davis community “Demonstration Management Principles and Policies” (see previous post). Their response is below: Dear Chair Shershow, We appreciate this…
Dear Provost Hexter and Vice Chancellor Meyer: I write on behalf of the Davis Faculty Association in consultation with its board to raise several serious objections to the “Demonstration Management Principles and Policies” outlined in your email to the UC…
Here are some photos from the UC Davis funeral for public higher education held on March 1st. It rained lightly, which set the mood perfectly, but turnout was rather light — perhaps fifty people. It was a good production though,…
A major mobilization is coming March 1 – 5, 2012, to put pressure on the Governor and legislature to renew support for public education in California and for raising taxes to restore the state funding that UC, the CSUs, the…
The DFA Board wanted to follow-up on the message sent last month regarding changes that UC is making to the way faculty assign patents to UC. Patents are not relevant to a large number of campus disciplines, and so the…
The Davis Faculty Association, Davis Division of the Academic Senate and Davis Division of the Academic Federation invite nominations of candidates for The Charles P. Nash Prize. The Charles P. Nash Prize is designed to reward exceptional achievement and commitment…
