Member’s Meeting – First Round is on Us
The Board of the Davis Faculty Association invites you to join us over a beer – or soft drink – at Sudwerk (2001 2nd St, Davis – if the weather is pleasant we’ll probably be on the patio) at 5:00…
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Nash Dinner, RSVP Deadline Monday
As many of you are aware, the DFA is one of the organizations that supports the Charles P. Nash Prize, which is funded by the campus community and Charlie’s family and friends. Its goal is to acknowledge achievement in and…
New York Times editorial on the magical thinking around online education
The New York Times editorializes on state budget cuts to California’s public higher education systems and the state legislature’s magical thinking around online education. The full article is online at: An excerpt follows: “The same California State Legislature that…
A note about proposed online ed legislation
The DFA, in conjunction with CUCFA staff and the other faculty associations, have been busy monitoring the impending state legislation about online courses. In a previous email, we informed you of our letter of inquiry to the UCD Senate leadership…
Add your voice to a call for changes to SB 520
The Davis Faculty Association is gravely concerned about SB 520, a bill currently being considered by the state legislature, which would mandate acceptance of online courses from any source for academic credit at the University of California, the California State…
Senator Steinberg’s proposed online classes bill
Today’s New York Times (and a number of other news sources) had an article about proposed legislation from Senator Steinberg that would require California’s public higher education systems to accept transfer credits from select online course providers for 50 of…
Follow-up on healthcare facilitators: funding restored
Last month we notified you of an ongoing issue regarding funding to support healthcare and retirement counseling programs. The lobbying by the senate, retirees, and FA’s was successful: Dwaine Duckett, UCOP VP of Human Resources, has announced that UCOP will…
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education’s “Funding Higher Education” Campaign
The national Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) is about to release their series of papers titled “Funding Higher Education: The Search for Possibilities.” The Council of UC Faculty Associations contributed one of the papers in the series.…
An update on management bloat at UC
UCB professor emeritus Charles Schwartz has updated his data on UC management bloat. He finds “continuing outsized growth of the management cadre (defined as the employees classified in Senior Management Group and Management & Senior Professionals): their numbers grew by…
New York Times article about Jerry Brown and UC
An interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about Jerry Brown’s approach to UC: Link to full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/education/jerry-brown-looks-at-reshaping-higher-education-in-california.html?hp&_r=0 Excerpt: “Governor Brown holds a position on the board of trustees for both Cal State and UC. Since November, he has…