Deans Survey Results
The Davis Faculty Association conducted a survey asking faculty to rate their deans. The survey ran from May 17 until June 4 and we had 87 respondents during that time. In summary, a majority of the faculty were satisfied with…
Board Elections
It is time to renew the DFA board. In accordance with DFA bylaws, a nominating committee has selected the following slate of candidates to fill DFA board positions as listed below with the following code (C – continuing; N –…
Have a beer on us
It has become a tradition in recent years for the members of the DFA to get together over beers towards the end of each year to discuss the faculty issues of the day. This year we’re going to give Bistro…
Survey of Deans
(The DFA is no longer collecting responses in our survey of Deans.) We encourage you to send the above link to all your colleagues in your department, and to other colleagues who may not be DFA members. Our opinions will…
BFA Response to UCOF Proposal for a Cyber Campus
DFA chair Ian Kennedy asked that I forward on to the members of the DFA the following, a response by the Berkeley chapter Faculty Association to certain proposals made by the UC Commission on the Future, especially as seen in…
The Daily Californian: Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap
The Daily Californian has an article today by Travis Donselman titled “Salaries Responsible for Budget Gap” The full article is at: An excerpt follows: The amount of the University budget gap is half of the $1 billion or so…
Professors in Texas Protest Law That Requires Them to Post Teaching Details Online
Article excerpt: Faculty members and administrators in Texas are speaking out about a recent state law that requires them to post specific, detailed information about their classroom assignments, curricula vitae, department budgets, and the results of student evaluations. A conservative…
News item regarding administrative cuts at UNC
A DFA member came across these news items about efforts by Erskine Bowles at UNC to rein in administrative bloat. Our member thought that our Chancellor might also be interested in this issue so we are forwarding the email to…
Response to Sacramento Bee article
On Saturday, 17 April, the Sacramento Bee published an Op Ed piece by a UC Santa Barbara freshman who essentially accused UC faculty of being greedy hypocrites. Among other things, Mr. Schneider wrote that: “Though the path to full…
Chris Newfield Lecture May 6th at 3pm King Lounge MU
Chris Newfield is a Professor at UCSB. He is a former Chair of the UC systemwide Planning and Budget Committee and he has been active in the Council of UC FA’s. He is very knowledgeable about the University. I have…