It has been another busy year for the Davis Faculty Association and our affiliate CUCFA (Council of UC Faculty Associations). In recent years we have made an effort to communicate with our members more frequently. Toward that end, we rebuilt…
A New York times article last week discusses trends in higher education funding and in spending priorities. Here is an excerpt: “On average, spending on instruction increased 22 percent over the decade at private research universities, about the same as…
Our Chancellor was quoted in the May 31 issue of Chemical & Engineering News magazine of the American Chemical Society: “To illustrate the growing divide between what the government provides and what the public wants and thinks it should pay…
The Davis Faculty Association conducted a survey asking faculty to rate their deans. The survey ran from May 17 until June 4 and we had 87 respondents during that time. In summary, a majority of the faculty were satisfied with…
(The DFA is no longer collecting responses in our survey of Deans.) We encourage you to send the above link to all your colleagues in your department, and to other colleagues who may not be DFA members. Our opinions will…
The Daily Californian has an article today by Travis Donselman titled “Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap” The full article is at: An excerpt follows: The amount of the University budget gap is half of the $1 billion or so…
