Faculty Association members Chris Newfield and Stan Glantz authored a column about UC’s budget crisis published in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle. The article is available online at:
DFA chair Ian Kennedy has asked me to forward this to the DFA members. Begin forwarded message: From: UPTE-CWA info@upte-cwa.org Date: July 14, 2009 10:48:12 AM PDT Subject: UC Faculty Bulletin: July 14, 2009* Communication from Professional and Technical Staff…
An interesting article published yesterday in “Inside Higher Ed.” The full article is at and an excerpt is below: “Like many in the system, Nosek [vice chancellor for administration at California’s Davis campus] sees the university’s fiscal problems rooted…
Below is a copy of a letter written by Professor Robert Meister, President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations and also signed by the chairs of the individual campus Faculty Associations. The letter pertains to Wednesday’s discussion of Regents’…
The following letter on UC’s “financial emergency” has been sent to the Regents and the media. CUCFA will speak at the Regents meeting, and have hired a lawyer who will, tomorrow, deliver a letter protesting the legality of voting on…
Last month both the DFA and CUCFA wrote letters to legislators in opposition to Senate Constitutional Amendment 21 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 24 — bills that proposed to end UC’s autonomy and allow the legislature to politicize Regent decisions (see…
In case you have not received notice already of the UCOP plan for salary reductions, follow this link
The following is a letter from Karen Sawislak, Executive Director of UC-AFT to UC Labor Relations with their view of impending cuts. Begin forwarded message: ————————————————– I am responding on behalf of the UC-AFT Executive Board to the invitation our…
Regent Blum and President Yudof responded to the letter sent by the chairs of several of the UC Faculty Associations (also posted to this website a couple weeks ago). Their response is below: ———————- June 30, 2009 Professor Dwight Read,…
A letter from big names in California business in opposition to the recently proposed constitutional amendments that would eliminate UC’s autonomy: ——————————- June 18, 2009 Dear Honorable Sir or Madam: We are writing to express our strongest opposition to an…
