Dear DFA colleagues, Many of the challenges faced by UC faculty that the DFA addresses are shared by UC staff. We therefore forward the email below, from UC librarians, to you. They are interested in our support. As you can…
The UC Student-Workers Union has begun collective bargaining with UC management, and is asking for the support of faculty in the current contract fight for better living and working conditions for graduate students. They are holding their next bargaining session…
Friday, February 2, 2018 1:00-2:00PM Presentations 2:00-2:30 PM Discussion Art Annex Room 112 (Technocultural Studies Building) UC Davis Main Campus DELAINE EASTIN Candidate for Governor of California Former Superintendent of California Public Instruction Former California Assemblymember AMY HINES-SHAIKH Higher Education…
The Davis Faculty Association (DFA) board requests your input on the Chancellor’s strategic planning effort called To Boldly Go. Board members will be meeting with Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost, Professor Ken Burtis, on Thursday January 25 for…
One of the best things the DFA does every year is participate in the awarding of the annual Charles Nash Prize. You all are probably familiar with it; if not, some information about it is available at: We need…
The DFA Board has voted to endorse the statement issued yesterday, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) calling on college and university leaders to defend members…
Dear Davis Faculty Association Colleagues, Thanks to the many of you who came out to watch the film Starving the Beast and meet with filmmaker Steven Mims. I think we would all agree it is a valuable and well-made film.…
The DFA is hosting a screening of STARVING THE BEAST followed by a talk by that film’s director, Steve Mims, on the current situation confronting public universities. “Starving the Beast” is a documentary about the crises in education that has…
On Thursday, January 26, the UC Regents will consider and likely approve their budget for the University for 2017-2018. It and the Governor’s budget, to which it is closely tied, perpetuate decades of failed privatization and persistent under funding of…
