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The DFA Board wants to encourage the participation of our membership and to give voice to the concerns of the faculty. We plan to publicize the results of regular surveys on our web site and to possibly inform a broader…

Incoming UC President Mark Yudof was quoted extensively in an article printed recently in the San Jose Mercury News. The excerpts below indicate that CUCFA has its work cut out for it educating him to some UC budget realities. “Yudof…

From Andy Waterhouse: The report on the Regent’s problems rekindled an idea I had last year.  Considering UC’s overall difficulties and the governance issues with the Regents, I think the faculty should send the Governor’s office a list of good…

A colleague with a penchant for irony has made the following observation Begin forwarded message: Fiat Lux, Latin for “Let there be light,” is the motto of the University of California. From UC Davis Dateline, May 29 2008: Chancellor Larry…

by Ian Kennedy We are inclined to lay all blame for the travails of UC at the door of the President or doors of the Chancellors. There is, however, another authority that shares some culpability for the ills that beset…

by Ian Kennedy UCOP, the Office of the President, does not always arouse great sympathy with the faculty. For many of us, they have exhibited an absolutely tone-deaf political ear and they have not served the interests of the University…

by Ian Kennedy On Sunday, the Davis Enterprise ran an op-ed piece on the CUCFA “Restore the Promise” statement. It is attached [PDF].

by Ian Kennedy The current AAUP assessment of the state of the profession includes the attached [TIF] information about changes in salaries for administrators and full professors. We are in Category I. Presidents are the column on the left of…

by Ian Kennedy Spotted by a DFA member, on pages A11 and A13 of the NY Times April 28, two FULL page ads from UCLA ACCESS OR EXCELLENCE “Everyone has a shot at UCLA. Everyone. Not a guarantee; a shot”…

One of our members spotted the following issue in the AAUP news at On March 17, 2008, the AAUP and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression filed a jointly-authored amicus brief in the U.S. Court…