An excerpt of a Chronicle of Higher Education story follows. The full (brief) article is available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Academic-Freedom-Advocates-Are/21976/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en Academic-Freedom Advocates Are Handed a Win in Ohio Ruling Breaking ranks with several other federal judges who have recently considered the question,…
Inside Higher Ed had an article yesterday about the personnel cuts happening here at UC Davis: Also, Academic Senate chair Henry Powell sent a three page letter to Mark Yudof complaining about the lack of faculty input in cuts…
There have been several articles of likely interest to DFA members recently. First, Ian Kennedy points out an article in the Los Angeles Times about proposals to change how tenure is awarded. Here is an excerpt: “The leader of the…
Legal Threats to Academic Freedom and Shared Governance in Higher Education; a presentation by Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel at the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). November 13, Friday, at 12 noon, in the new Abbaszadeh Lecture Hall, Gallaher Hall…
Guest Craig Flanery — Executive Director of the BFA, SCFA, CUCFA and West Coast Director of AAUP Craig gave a brief history of the SCFA: founded in 1975, enabling legislation was passed in 1978 (HEERA) that meant UC had to…
Senate leaders have had a letter published in the New York Times support of State funding of the University: “We, the leaders of faculty governance of the 10 University of California campuses, read Deborah Solomon’s interview of President Yudof (Sept.…
by Ian Kennedy A letter from the Academic Council should allay your fears that Shared Governance is under threat. ——————– September 9, 2009 Gary Rhoades, General Secretary, AAUP Cary Nelson, President, AAUP Executive Committee, AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress Executive Committee,…
by Ian Kennedy The imposition of furloughs on non-teaching days, on top of budget cuts and other draconian reductions in the operation of our university, demand a reasoned, effective, and broadly supported response from the faculty in consultation with the…
Faculty dissatisfaction with the furlough policy laid out by Interim Provost Lawrence Pitts continues. The following is a strong objection from the UCSC Academic Senate essentially asking UCSC’s Chancellor to ignore the Pitts letter: —————- August 27, 2009 Chancellor George…
