The Davis Faculty Association is gravely concerned about SB 520, a bill currently being considered by the state legislature, which would mandate acceptance of online courses from any source for academic credit at the University of California, the California State…
Today’s New York Times (and a number of other news sources) had an article about proposed legislation from Senator Steinberg that would require California’s public higher education systems to accept transfer credits from select online course providers for 50 of…
Last month we notified you of an ongoing issue regarding funding to support healthcare and retirement counseling programs. The lobbying by the senate, retirees, and FA’s was successful: Dwaine Duckett, UCOP VP of Human Resources, has announced that UCOP will…
The national Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) is about to release their series of papers titled “Funding Higher Education: The Search for Possibilities.” The Council of UC Faculty Associations contributed one of the papers in the series.…
UCB professor emeritus Charles Schwartz has updated his data on UC management bloat. He finds “continuing outsized growth of the management cadre (defined as the employees classified in Senior Management Group and Management & Senior Professionals): their numbers grew by…
An interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about Jerry Brown’s approach to UC: Link to full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/education/jerry-brown-looks-at-reshaping-higher-education-in-california.html?hp&_r=0 Excerpt: “Governor Brown holds a position on the board of trustees for both Cal State and UC. Since November, he has…
According to the Bowling Green State University Faculty Association: “on January 18, 2013 the president of Bowling Green State University, Mary Ellen Mazey, announced that the administration would be eliminating 100 hard-working and dedicated non-tenure track faculty at the end…
Members of the Davis Faculty Association should be aware of an ongoing issue regarding funding to support healthcare and retirement counseling programs on this campus. The basic facts of the current situation are as follows. The Office of the President…
Governor Brown released his 2013-14 budget proposal yesterday. He is proposing increasing state general fund money to UC from $2.504 billion in the 2011-12 year to $2.567 billion in 2012-13, and $2.846 billion in 2013-14. UC is one of the…
The following letter was sent today from Davis Faculty Association Chair Scott Shershow to UCD Chancellor Linda Katehi: ——————- Chancellor Linda Katehi Fifth floor, Mrak Hall University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 via e-mail Dear Chancellor…
