Over the weekend the Sacramento Bee wrote an editorial outrageously insulting to faculty. The original editorial is available online at: It has since been republished in slightly modified form at: The Bee had earlier written a news article…
Plenty of familiar themes in this press release from AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress: ———————– AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress (CBC) Executive Committee Issues Resolution For Release: August 18, 2009 – Howard Bunsis, AAUP CBC Chair – Washington, D.C. Turn it around;…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) Emergency powers are typically used to impose secrecy and sidestep normal procedures. The “Extreme Financial Emergency” declared by the Regents allows President Yudof do this. He can “suspend the operation…
We have received 57 responses to the furlough survey to date. On the main question of whether furlough days should be scheduled on instructional days, 43 said at least some furlough days should be scheduled on teaching days, 7 were…
We encourage our members to add their comments to both the DFA and the Davis Senate web sites in regard to furlough implementation plans. The DFA site is also open to the FA members from other campuses and we plan…
The following is a report from Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel of the American Association of University Professors. So, for example, where the text below says “we submitted an amicus brief…” please read that as AAUP submitted an amicus brief. ————-…
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…
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…
