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Below is a copy of the call for nominations for the Nash Prize which you received in the Senate electronic mailing of December 2. I am resending it to encourage DFA members to participate in the nomination process which is…

by Ian Kennedy In a recent San Francisco Chronicle, a member spotted the following in an article about hiring: A hardship “‘Finally, it would be a hardship to conduct a search for this position given the urgency of the budget…

In Friday’s NY Times, conservative columnist David Brook wrote about wise uses of federal stimulus funds in the Obama administration. He quoted Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School : “Send federal money to the states, but make sure a…

Some highly important news about UC’s budget and the UC Retirement Program (UCRP) came out of last week’s Regents meeting. As expected, UCRP’s investment portfolio has been hard hit by the recent economic turmoil. It has been reported that the…

PPIC’s second survey on Californians’ opinions of higher education has been released. There is a lot of useful material here for the FA’s outreach and advocacy efforts. The full survey report is available at: PPIC’s press release is pasted…

Saturday’s San Francisco Chronicle had an article about a proposal published by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau last Friday. Birgeneau’s proposal would allow each campus to set its own individual fee level. As the Chronicle article points out, “His idea…

Ian Kennedy, Chair of the DFA, and Steve Kowalcyzkowski, DFA member, met for about 50 minutes on Monday with the faculty sub-committee of the Chancellor Search advisory committee. The results of the DFA web survey were presented and explained. The…

We recently heard that the Natural Reserve System survived the UCOP reorganization with their staff and location intact. Our member, Susan Harrison, of Environmental Science and Policy, heard that the letters from DFA and CUCFA that landed on President Yudof’s…

The results of our recent web survey that solicited opinions about the search for a new Chancellor are now available online at the following address: There were 106 responses. It is hard to draw general conclusions from the results…