All Out to the 2nd Statewide Mobilization Conference Against Privatization of Public Education When? April 24th. Where? Los Angeles, Santee Education Complex, 1921 South Maple Avenue. The future of public education in this state – particularly for the working class…
The Systemwide Academic Senate committee on Planning and Budget has released a report that essentially continues the narrative begun in their earlier “Futures” (“released in 2006) and “Cuts” (released in 2008) reports. CUCFA officers participated in the creation of these…
Here is another quick read to help orient faculty to the current fiscal situation faced by UC faculty and faculty nationwide. This one is from the American Association of University Professors:
The DFA received the following reply in response to the open letter the DFA board mailed last week (the open letter is available online at ): Dear Colleagues: In response to your letter to the Chancellor, we want to thank…
UCSB Faculty Association member Chris Newfield has an article on his blog today that clarifies recent information and debate about the state of UC’s pension fund, including a recent report produced by Stanford graduate students at the request of Governor…
The DFA sent the following letter to the UCD Chancellor and Deans today: —————————————– April 6, 2010 Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616 Dear Chancellor Katehi, The principle of shared governance has been…
The Berkeley Faculty Association sent the following concise and useful review of the state of the UC pension fund to all Berkeley faculty. DFA chair Ian Kennedy has asked me to forward this to DFA members: ——————————- Dear Berkeley Faculty…
Stanton Glantz, vice chair of the UC Council of Faculty Associations, has written an Op-Ed that was published in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. The article is online at: and is pasted below: ——————————– Median tax to restore higher education:…
An excerpt of a Chronicle of Higher Education story follows. The full (brief) article is available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Academic-Freedom-Advocates-Are/21976/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en Academic-Freedom Advocates Are Handed a Win in Ohio Ruling Breaking ranks with several other federal judges who have recently considered the question,…
The UC Commission on the Future met today. They have now released their “First Round of Recommendations from the Working Groups.” The full 150 page PDF can be downloaded from: Here is an excerpt from the Executive Summary: The…
