The Berkeley Faculty Association sent the following concise and useful review of the state of the UC pension fund to all Berkeley faculty. DFA chair Ian Kennedy has asked me to forward this to DFA members: ——————————- Dear Berkeley Faculty…
Stanton Glantz, vice chair of the UC Council of Faculty Associations, has written an Op-Ed that was published in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. The article is online at: and is pasted below: ——————————– Median tax to restore higher education:…
An excerpt of a Chronicle of Higher Education story follows. The full (brief) article is available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Academic-Freedom-Advocates-Are/21976/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en Academic-Freedom Advocates Are Handed a Win in Ohio Ruling Breaking ranks with several other federal judges who have recently considered the question,…
The UC Commission on the Future met today. They have now released their “First Round of Recommendations from the Working Groups.” The full 150 page PDF can be downloaded from: Here is an excerpt from the Executive Summary: The…
Inside Higher Ed had an article yesterday about the personnel cuts happening here at UC Davis: Also, Academic Senate chair Henry Powell sent a three page letter to Mark Yudof complaining about the lack of faculty input in cuts…
Consider attending a conference at UC Davis on 16th April that will address the systemic problems in the governance of California: ——————————- What are the roots of our crisis? What are its implications for Californians and the world? And what…
Richard Evans, a UC Davis Cooperative Extension Specialist who wrote a piece about the off scale growth in administrators at UC that was published on CUCFA’s Keep California’s Promise website and who was quoted in the Sacramento Bee article about…
In response to continuing criticism of the size of administrative FTE in UC, the Office of President has fired back with the claim that this growth reflects the changing composition of the University, particularly the professional schools and hospitals. See…
A coalition of students and educators from the K-12, Community Colleges, CSU and UC will be engaged in actions in support of education in Sacramento on March 4. Other activities in support of public education are planned around the country.…
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…
