by Ian Kennedy Our current difficulties find their parallel, almost eerily so, in an earlier time: the Depression years of the 1930’s. A history of UC from 1868 to 1968 by Verne Stadtman reveals some very interesting facts that may…
California legislators continue to wrangle over the state’s budget. The Legislative Analyst’s Office continues to try to label the current per student funding, reduced as it is over previous years, as full per student funding. CUCFA’s Vice President for External…
All members, especially those nearing retirement age, will be interested in the UC Senate statement in regards to the safety of our retirement system and the wisdom, or lack of it, in cashing out. Go to this link for the…
Tough times continue for UCRP, as discussed at the recent UC Regents’ meeting. Here is a brief excerpt from a San Diego Union Tribune article does a fairly good job of describing the situation: UC pension system faces economic reality…
Davis Faculty Association member Ron Hess pointed us to an article in yesterday’s East Valley Tribune (Phoenix, AZ) that discusses the dire state of public higher education in Arizona: Budget Cuts May Force ASU To Shutter Polytechnic Campus. “ASU President…
FA Chair Ian Kennedy thought that the membership might be interested in an article, by Stanley Fish, published in the New York Times. It is essentially a book review of “The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of…
The California Faculty Association just released a report titled “California at the Edge of a Cliff: The Failure to Invest in Public Higher Education is Crushing the Economy and Crippling Our Kids’ Future.” It is similar to reports CUCFA distributed…
by Ian Kennedy From the November 21 issue of Science, the following item suggested that harassment training may not be easily dismissed: ON CAMPUS A HARD STAND. A biochemistry professor at the University of California, Irvine, has been disciplined for…
by Ian Kennedy I wanted to share with you this message I sent to Senator Barbara Boxer regarding federal fiscal stimulus plans: —————————— Senator Boxer: Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the people of California; they are certainly…
Dear Colleagues, For your information, please find below the text of an open letter to President-Elect Barack Obama and his administration in support of federal investment in higher education facilities development, published as a full-page ad in the New York…
