On October 15, the DFA sponsored a campus meeting with Assemblywoman Helen Thomson (D-Davis). We also invited Marj Dickinson from UCD’s Office of Governmental Relations and some representatives from the UCD Alumni Association. Helen served for many years as a…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has elected new leadership to become effective July 1, 1997 because current President David Leonard (Pol. Sci. at UCB) and Vice President Michael Warren (Literature, UCSC) have served the two-year term to which…
A nominating committee consisting of Mark Wheelis (Microbiology), Terry Murphy (Plant Biology), and Martha Macri (Native American Studies) have selected the following slate of candidates to fill DFA Board vacancies: Chair: Jonathan Sandoval (Education) Vice Chair: Ben McCoy (Chem. Engr.)…
The DFA Board has filed a formal objection to a proposal by the UC Administration to delay the payment of salary increases associated with academic merit and promotion actions until the Governor and the Legislature have approved a State budget…
As you may remember from our March Newsletter, a recent revision of the APM Section devoted to the Cooperative Extension Specialists title series changed their salary scale linkage from the Agronomists series to the Professional Research series. As a consequence,…
The FAs have been following a number of issues in the Legislature, as we indicated in our March Newsletter: Long-Term Funding for UC — AB 1415 At UC’s request, Assembly Speaker Cruz Bustamante (D, Fresno) introduced AB 1415 which would…
The University of California is entering into a very difficult and dangerous period in its relationship with the State of California. If UC is going to survive as the premiere institution that we all value, a mobilized faculty and links…
On January 22 the DFA Board and Linda Wallace, the Director of Advocacy Programs for the Cal Aggie Alumni Association, met on campus with our District’s Senator, Maurice Johannessen (R, Redding). [The DFA and the Alumni Association have jointly sponsored…
In 1993, SB 506 (Hayden, D, Los Angeles) expressed the Legislature’s intent that UC provide a number of courses sufficient to permit normal progress to a baccalaureate degree. The statute requires the Legislative Analyst to review and analyze the annual…
As you probably know, there are several steps in the UC budget process. First is the Regents’ proposal in November, then the Governor’s proposal in January, then the Legislative Analyst’s recommendations in February, then discussion in budget hearings during the…
