In response to continuing criticism of the size of administrative FTE in UC, the Office of President has fired back with the claim that this growth reflects the changing composition of the University, particularly the professional schools and hospitals. See…
“The finances of the University of California will finally be examined by the state auditor as a result of an official request by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo). After several improprieties and poor decision-making by UC executives, the Joint…
An interesting article by Bob Samuels is at: A taste: “To understand how both public and private research universities have gotten themselves into this mess, one needs to understand five inter-related factors: the state de-funding of public education, the…
Several UC Faculty Associations sent the following letter to UC Regent’s Chair Russell Gould. ———————— Dec. 1, 2009 Russell Gould, Chair UC Regents Office of the Secretary and Chief of Staff 1111 Franklin Street, 12th floor Oakland, CA 94607 Dear…
The proposed Regents’ budget for 2010-2011 is now online. Long version: Really long version: “Key elements” include: maintaining only a 4% employer contributions and 2% employee contributions to the UC Retirement Plan for the duration of 2010-11; preserving…
There is a new article on the KeepCaliforniasPromise.org website about the disproportionate growth of administrators at UC and how much it is costing us (four times the savings of the furloughs). The full article is at and an excerpt…
