AAUP’s Financial Crisis FAQs
Here is another quick read to help orient faculty to the current fiscal situation faced by UC faculty and faculty nationwide. This one is from the American Association of University Professors:
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Executive VC Lavernia’s Response to DFA’s Open Letter
The DFA received the following reply in response to the open letter the DFA board mailed last week (the open letter is available online at ): Dear Colleagues: In response to your letter to the Chancellor, we want to thank…
Further Clarification of the State of UCRP
UCSB Faculty Association member Chris Newfield has an article on his blog today that clarifies recent information and debate about the state of UC’s pension fund, including a recent report produced by Stanford graduate students at the request of Governor…
Open Letter to UCD from DFA regarding Faculty Input Into Cuts
The DFA sent the following letter to the UCD Chancellor and Deans today: —————————————– April 6, 2010 Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616 Dear Chancellor Katehi, The principle of shared governance has been…
UCB FA’s Pension Fund Alert
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…
FA Op-Ed in Today’s SF Chronicle
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:…
Favorable Garcetti-related Decision
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,…
UC Commission on the future – first round recommendations
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…
Agitation Over Cuts at UC
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…
CA Studies Conference — “Failed State?” April 16th
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…