UC is conducting a search for a new President to replace Janet Napolitano. The Davis Faculty Association has been working actively to ensure both an open search process and candidate commitment to shared governance and to renewed state funding for…
Dear Colleagues, The Davis Faculty Association recognizes that the teaching excellence on campus depends in no small part on lecturers, who teach many of our courses. Lecturers, represented by the University of California-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), are currently engaged…
As you probably are aware, President Napolitano is stepping down in Summer 2020, and the Regents have initiated a search for her replacement. Increasingly, such searches for leadership positions at the nation’s public universities are being conducted by private “headhunter…
Prepared on behalf of the DFA Board by Joe Kiskis, who acknowledges discussions with UCLA Professor Dan Mitchell and assistance from Eric Hays. This is an update on activity at UCOP related to medical benefits for active employees and to…
As part of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, the Davis Faculty Association has taken an active role in resisting the planned partnership between the University of California system and Dignity Healthcare. Such an affiliation would have been problematic for…
Attacks on faculty free speech and academic freedom are at an unprecedented high. Come join your colleagues and discuss how to protect our academic freedom at an afternoon dedicated to “Knowledge, Power, and the Future of Academic Freedom,” Thursday, April…
